They can bite, but cannot be us, They can come and pick up little slang but cannot see us, You ought to… — Andre Benjamin Copy Share Image
“Replacing one word for another is ridiculous... The intention of it is where the problem resides, not in the spelling and pronunciation.” — Percival Everett Copy Share Image
Spell-check ruins my work. It fixes all my slang and dialect into standard English. So I'm caught in a tangle of technology… — Ntozake Shange Copy Share Image
“Braulio rises and extends his hands, making peace. " No hay pedo ," he says, the absurd lower-class slang for "There's no… — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
I make up many words but we can go on for forever about slang words that E-40 created. That has always been… — E-40 Copy Share Image
Check it, my method on the microphone's bangin. Wu-tang slang'll leave your headpiece hangin. Bust this, I'm kickin like segall, out for… — Wu Tang Copy Share Image
“Every world has its distinct lingo, you gotta catch the right chord. Same language evokes different feelings, based on time and age… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Detroit 1-8-7' - the numbers are police slang for murder - is filmed in that blue-collar Michigan city, providing a flavor of… — Michael Imperioli Copy Share Image
I use 'wicked' all the time! It's part of my slang! When something's really rad, I'm like, 'That's wicked.' It has many… — Stella Maxwell Copy Share Image
“ Shakespeare used the word 'flush' to indicate plenty of money. Well, just remember there was only one Shakespeare , and he… — Joseph Devlin Copy Share Image
My music is just fresh. Everybody say it's a breath of fresh air because it's not like the normal Houston sound you… — Short Dawg Copy Share Image
“Compassion speaks with a slight accent. She was a vulnerable child, miserable in school, cold, shy … In ninth grade she was… — J. Ruth Gendler Copy Share Image
Shakespearean words, foreign words, slang and dialect and made-up phrases from kids on the street corner: English has room for them all.… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
Usually the German translators do something terrible, especially with Tom Wolfe, which is that they make it local. So if the characters… — Daniel Kehlmann Copy Share Image
MCs get a little bit of love and think they hot, Talkin bout how much money they got...all y'all records sound the… — Stic.man Copy Share Image
Gay is a subculture, a slur, a set of gestures, a slang, a look, a posture, a parade, a rainbow flag, a… — Jack Donovan Copy Share Image
I boldly assert, in fact I think I know, that a lot of friendships and connections absolutely depend upon a sort of… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
So a lot of what you see in the Baroque Cycle is me wanting to be one of those guys. In the… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
“go·mer n. 1 MILITARY SLANG an inept or stupid colleague, especially a trainee. 2 INFORMAL (used mainly by doctors) a troublesome patient, especially an… — Oxford University Press Copy Share Image
When I fell in love with hip-hop, my favorite rapper was Jay-Z. But I used to like Common and Nas. But I… — Cyhi the Prynce Copy Share Image
In the rock 'n roll slang world, they're called rock doctors, or rock docs. They would come out to shows and like… — Reginald Arvizu Copy Share Image
I want a girl with extensions in her hair, Bamboo earrings, at least two pair, A Fendi bag and a bad attitude,… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
My parents were hippies, and the story is that they went through a dictionary looking for a beautiful word to name me.… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
We played a festival in Ireland once, and in the middle of 'New Slang,' the Scissor Sisters kicked in across the field… — James Mercer Copy Share Image
Scripture is the thing I like to share with people more than anything. My prayer reality is quite kooky. I have this… — Stephen Baldwin Copy Share Image
“There would be another, less formal tribute to the best of the 1972 series: the name [Phil] Esposito eventually found its way… — Stephen Cole Copy Share Image
My best friend Madison keeps a list on her phone of all of the different English slang that I say, so she… — Emma Watson Copy Share Image
Being a New Jersey native, going down to the shore for my whole life, it's a big thing that out of towners… — Valerie Estelle Frankel Copy Share Image
I've found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang… — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
I will say it's great - that Method Man - Cliff Smith - plays a rapper in a laundromat who is working… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
“Are you okay? Did that dickwad do or say something out of pocket to you?” Her eyes slid open. “Dickwad?” she murmured.… — Jamie Wesley Copy Share Image
I went to see Gerard Philipe and Jean Gabin in pictures. Gerard Philipe spoke beautiful French, while Jean Gabin spoke slang. And… — Anna Karina Copy Share Image
Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
The fact that slang is apt and forceful makes its use irresistibly tempting. Coarse or profane slang is beside the mark, but… — Emily Post Copy Share Image
You don't usually get a compound word where the first part is a slang thing and the second part is a rather… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
I was able to make up lots of portementos, literally hundreds and hundreds of words... See, I find that mine don't have… — Elizabeth Fraser Copy Share Image
Sin does not always drive us to drink; more often it drives us to exhaustion. Tiredness is equally as debilitating as drunkenness.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I was inspired by 'Bootylicious' being able to scale the dictionary walls thanks to just one individual, Beyonce. But Beyonce has the… — Alex Horne Copy Share Image
I leave you free to imagine any dialogue you please. Choose whatever may charm you. Have it, if you like, that they… — Jean Genet Copy Share Image
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