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parm: /parm/ n. Further-compressed form of {param}.
This term is an IBMism, and written use is almost unknown outside IBM shop...
PARODY ERROR: Can't Find File WEIRD_AL.EXE
PAROLE: conditional release to prove the inadequacy of the sentence.
parse: [from linguistic terminology] vt. 1. To determine the syntactic structure of a sentence or other utterance (close to the standard English meaning).
That was the one I saw you." "I ...
Parsley farmers: can the IRS garnishee their wages?
Parsley is gharsley. -- Odgen Nash (1902-1971)
Parson: Do you say your prayers before dinner, Andrew? Andrew: No sir, my Mum's a good cook.
Part #135246B-6. Elastic band for 386-33.
Particle physicists do it energetically.
Particularly quotable figures receive more than their share of quotable quotes.
-- Axiom 2, Corollary 2B -- Ralph Keyes, The Rules of misquotatio...

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