I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell. — J. B. Priestley Copy Share Image
Slang is a foul pool at which every dunce fills his bucket, and then sets up as a fountain. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
“Modern dating was a labyrinthine manscape riddled with trolls, bros, haters, and selfie-obsessed divos.” — Duncan Ralston Copy Share Image
Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang. — John Galsworthy Copy Share Image
My man slangs rocks like up the block, 143RD and Amsterdam by the smoke shop — Redman 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
“Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is." (Sass: know, be aware of,… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
I listened a lot to Eminem and Kendrick Lamar. I liked the music, and it did help with learning slang and how… — Jon Rahm Copy Share Image
Lots of people speak Afrikaans. It's not a statement; it's just a language that we use to communicate. It has its own… — Yolandi Visser Copy Share Image
Down through the years certain fads of slang had come and gone, and their vestiges could be found in Janie's and Mabel's… — Dolores Hitchens Copy Share Image
Writing a tribe is fun. They have their own language, their own slang; they repeat it, and it becomes part of the… — Laura Wade Copy Share Image
Young boy, let his gun bang, let his nuts hang Transition to a Lamborghini from a Mustang Drugs slang in the drug… — ASAP Rocky Copy Share Image
My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
That's one of the ways language evolved, by some very obscure form becoming common usage. And I must say that I'm very… — Ricky Jay 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
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’ve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are… — Tom Waits 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
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
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
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
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
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
“Who originates the latest slang terms that are, seemingly overnight, known to every black youth across the country?” — Donald Jeffries Copy Share Image
I found a great book called 'Slang Through the Ages' by Jonathon Green. It's basically a thesaurus of historical slang, and had… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
“Though harsh in other respects, prison would be an excellent place to learn a foreign language - total immersion, and you'd have… — David Sedaris Copy Share Image
READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories… — Ambrose Bierce 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
