In modern parlance, celibacy has come to be associated with the very specific practice of abstaining from sexuality.
In modern parlance we would say he's considering the effectiveness of his deterrence measures.
This usage often appears as "cold steel" in modern parlance.
Alternative modern parlance for a gombeen man is someone "on the make".
A large number of the words and phrases in modern electrical parlance owe their origin to him.
My understanding of dole is that it means (in modern parlance) unemployment benefit.
Between raising my children and developing my career, I don't have what anyone would consider a social life in modern parlance.
It comes down, to use modern parlance, to the X-factor.
In modern parlance, bureaucracy refers to the administrative system governing any large institution.
The term still exists in modern military parlance to describe any short period of intense weapons fire.