“The slang 'Educated Fool' might be discovered by the Educated Society but mostly use by the Fools.” — Md. Naeem Aziz Copy Share Image
Hit records create slang, and if you create slang, you get into a broader conversation level. — No I.D Copy Share Image
It was really interesting to talk about the things I cared about in logger slang. — Torrey Peters Copy Share Image
Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
My English wasn't that good at first, and I made mistakes, especially with the slang. — Morten Andersen Copy Share Image
“I like slang words, straight to the point. I like words of wisdom, straight to the heart.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
I would rather have written Fables in Slang than be President. — William Allen White Copy Share Image
Slang moves on so fast that most new words disappear soon after they are coined. But there is always something that sticks… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
I love the inappropriateness of age-old wisdom in modern slang. These things are all so wonderful to me. — Doseone Copy Share Image
The most vulgar slang is scarcely worse than the attempted elegance which those unused to good society imagine to be the evidence… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
Almost half the adult population finds discussing the subject of money difficult. Slang words help us to navigate these conversations by making… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
We rollin with the undisputed, routin toutin 21 gun solutin, new recruiting Wu-Tang, slang bang your unit. — Wu Tang Copy Share Image
I don't want to say which guard it was with the Bulls, but I would take the ball and he would come… — Toni Kukoc Copy Share Image
The earliest dictionaries were collections of criminal slang, swapped amongst ne'er-do-wells as a means of evading the authorities or indeed any outsider… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
It's not just my music. Not everyone just listens to grime now 'cause of Skepta. They like how we speak. They like… — Skepta Copy Share Image
When 'American Slang' came out, everyone was like, 'This is the next big band in the world, and this is blah blah… — Brian Fallon Copy Share Image
'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either.… — Dev Hynes Copy Share Image
I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant… — Ron Rash Copy Share Image
“A quick butchers shows up Old Bill three-handed, also a particularly nasty female grass–-and if looks were acid baths the two she… — Derek Raymond Copy Share Image
“every time they substitute an all-purpose, sloppy slang word for the words that would accurately describe an emotion or a situation, it… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Rick and Scotty, who had heard Australian slang before from Digger Sears, one-time mate of the Tarpon, broke into chuckles. "I'd better… — John Blaine Copy Share Image
“On the whole I try to keep Modesty and Willie in timeless settings, which is why I avoid all the latest slang… — Peter O'Donnell Copy Share Image
I have no desire to be hip to the latest black slang and do the stereotypical black thing. I was a Richard… — Franklyn Ajaye Copy Share Image
When you depart from standard usage, it should be deliberate and not an accidental lapse. Like a poet who breaks the rules… — N.D. Wilson Copy Share Image
It is a mass language only in the same sense that its baseball slang is born of baseball players. That is, it… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“I sometimes wish I could fine people every time they use black street slang to prove how hip they are.” “Yeah, I… — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
“Well,' said Can o' Beans, a bit hesitantly,' imprecise speech is one of the major causes of mental illness in human beings.'… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
H. L Mencken's Dictionary of the American Language supplies a long list of slang terms for being drunk, but the Irish are… — Bill Barich Copy Share Image
“How did the name misfit even come about?" Sam asked. "It's so... dumb." Willo laughed. "Well, it's really not," she said. "We… — Viola Shipman Copy Share Image
“This is one of the dangers of their [teenagers] ineluctable depth: they live the poetry, the true value of the way words… — Julia Langbein Copy Share Image
“Shocked, Raven flung back her head to listen more intently. “The wolves are talking to you! How do I know that, Mikhail?… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
![“On the whole I try to keep Modesty and Willie in timeless settings, which is why I avoid all the latest slang and in-words. It won't be long before 'brill' sounds as dated as 'super' does now. [Uncle Happy, 1990]” quote by Peter O'Donnell](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/373/peter-o-donnell-110405_chronology_on-the-whole-i-try-to-keep-modesty-and-w_197742.jpg)
![“This is one of the dangers of their [teenagers] ineluctable depth: they live the poetry, the true value of the way words resonate and not their dictionary meanings or conventional uses. It's why teenage mouths are the hotbeds of slang, and its most natural environment. Some years only sounds would…” quote by Julia Langbein](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/988/julia-langbein-137807_natural-environment_this-is-one-of-the-dangers-of-their-teen_436351.jpg)
