local parlance
Area's common speech
Local parlance is the characteristic way people speak in a particular place—the regional expressions, slang, and turns of phrase distinctive to an area: In local parlance, a submarine sandwich is called a "grinder".
The term often introduces unfamiliar vocabulary to outsiders: What locals call "the city" means San Francisco in local parlance.
- vernacularEveryday regional speech
- dialectRegional language variety
- regional dialectGeographically distinct speech variety
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
- street talkInformal urban vernacular
idiom · turn of phrase · jargon · colloquial · native · tongue · speech · regional · expression · lingo · phrase · accent · neighborhood · neck of the woods · hometown · home turf · folk · saying
local parlanceuniversal language
Speech all understand
lingua franca · standard language · global English · national language · world language
local parlanceplain language
Easily understood communication
common parlance · everyday speech · accessible language · clear speech · layman's terms
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