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
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
I would rather have written Fables in Slang than be President. — William Allen White Copy Share Image
There's an old little jingle: 'The chief use of slang is to show that you're one of the gang.' What that means… — David Crystal Copy Share Image
My life changed forever when I found out the word slang was actually slang for shortened language — Ramandeep Singh Copy Share Image
Such is life, my fellow-mummers-just like a poor player that bluffs and feints his hour upon the stage, and then cheapens down… — Joseph Furphy 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
If you use a colloquialism or a slang word or phrase, simply use it; do not draw attention to it by enclosing… — Anonymous 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
“The inability to correctly perceive reality is often responsible for humans' insane behavior. And every time they substitute an all-purpose, sloppy slang… — Tom Robbins 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
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
“The default digital world tone is one of hyperactive friendliness, artificial empathy, emoji-based validation, dopamine-rich feedback loops, toxic positivity, and veiled cruelty.… — Sov8840 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
“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
“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
My people have very subtle slang, inflections and ways of saying things that has little to do with words. If you're from… — Nina Simone 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
“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
“The proponents of Harlem jive talk ... do not hope that courses in the lingo will ever be offered at Harvard or… — Dan Burley 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
Slang is really coded talk. I can say a few things, in front of somebody, that only people who know what I'm… — E-40 Copy Share Image
