Sentence examples for parlance to the from inspiring English sources

There has been much chatter of late that Mr. Stringer might be interested in "dropping down," in political parlance, to the comptroller's race, given the troubles dogging the incumbent comptroller, John C. Liu, whose campaign finances are under federal investigation.

From the crusty, chewy roll to the globs of fresh homemade mozzarella (or "mutz," in Italian deli parlance) to the savory meats inside, it's a delicate balance of flavors and textures.

The Congolese politicians who planned Lumumba's murder checked all their major moves with their Belgian and American backers, and the local C.I.A. station chief made no objection when they told him they were going to turn Lumumba over — render him, in today's parlance — to the breakaway government of Katanga, which, everyone knew, could be counted on to kill him.

There's a lot written about Pick-Up-Artists and The Game has pretty much entered social parlance to the point where admitting to knowing Real Social Dynamics results is much cringe.

Wikipedia indicates that the terminology is borrowed from the "Russian parlance to describe the huge, fast-acquired wealth of some businessmen of the former Soviet republics" during privatization, but how is an innocent bystander to know the difference between a garden variety oligarch and the more specific Russian kind?

Whether he intends him to win or to lose (in race parlance, to use the horse "for the market") remains, like much else in this tantalizing novel, mysterious almost to the end.

The people volunteering — TaskRabbits, in the company's parlance — to complete the tasks have written their own profiles, and users can browse their ratings and reviews from previous jobs.

There have been other reforms: the introduction of restricted-flight softballs to prevent injury; liberal rules about "courtesy runners," as pinch runners are known in senior softball parlance, to aid the movement-impaired; and the "scoring plate," which sits a few feet up the third-base line from the real home plate to avoid Ray Fosse-style collisions.

In Boston parlance, to "cover" the Red Sox usually means to criticize; the relationship between the team and its fans is like a longstanding marriage in which affection is expressed most ardently through complaint.

Mr. Jacobs was not the first to try, in screenwriter parlance, to "crack" the novel.

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