Sentence examples for become common parlance from inspiring English sources

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Is it any wonder that the word "gridlock" has become common parlance?

And yet I can't think of even one Chinese word or phrase that has become "common parlance in English" recently.

By the end we see, in other declarations up to the present, how the ideals of these revolutions have now become common parlance.

"It is almost certain," Scientific American declared bravely in 1952, "that 'bit' will become common parlance in the field of information, as 'horsepower' is in the motor field".

Another problem is that talk of breaking teachers' unions has become common parlance among the kind of people whose kids do not live below the poverty line, polite Pinkerton agents of education reform, circling at cocktail parties.

He may not use the term "youth trafficking," which has become common parlance in UEFA circles, but he does know a young player who is coveted by clubs wealthier than Bayern.

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At that moment, Der Klassiker became common parlance in European football.

"It's always flattering when a phrase you've written becomes common parlance," he wrote in an e-mail message last week.

Long before the term 'austerity eating' became common parlance, Tony Gibbons was teaching people on low incomes to cook tasty, wholesome meals on a shoestring.

The catchphrase "Calm down, dear" became common parlance after Mr Winner used it in a series of TV commercials for the insurance firm Esure.

The incident made world news and afterwards, Stockholm Syndrome became common parlance to describe the way in which hostages bond with their captors.

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