That's what has happened to earmark, which in political parlance used to mean only "reserved for a particular purpose."

Or in this year's political parlance, a wimp.

In political parlance, they want to pass a law.

The hotel is known for contributing the term "smoke-filled room" to political parlance.

The phrase entered American political parlance to denote a political process which is not open to scrutiny.

An "October surprise," in political parlance, is the making of big news to affect a November election.

In current political parlance, however, the word is now beginning its bid to replace the tiring "extremist."

In political parlance, they are surrogates, people who know the candidates and can therefore stand in on their behalf to deliver personal appeals.

Moreover, "Warrior" is what is called, in American political parlance, a campaign biography.

In American political parlance, this phenomenon is often referred to as the Bradley effect.