When you think about Puritanism, you must begin by getting rid of the slang term 'Puritanism' as applied to Victorian religious hypocrisy.… — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
My English wasn't that good at first, and I made mistakes, especially with the slang. — Morten Andersen 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
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
Ever since third grade, I had a notebook and was putting together words just for fun. I liked different etymologies, different slang… — MF Doom 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
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
I have always loved the fluidity of language - delighting in dialects, dictionaries, slang and neologisms. — Ben Schott Copy Share Image
Slang has always moved this way. From Cockney rhyming slang to codes swapped among highwaymen, they're tribal badges of identity, bonding mechanisms… — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
“We seem to be sitting around waiting for the next fucking disaster." he said, which went into the official log as -… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
The only thing that kept us from going bigger worldwide was the language barrier. All the corn that we did on 'Hee… — Roy Clark Copy Share Image
Booze' was once a popular term in the slang or 'cant' of the criminal underworld, which may explain its rebellious overtones today. — Susie Dent 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
“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
“Young people dislike and even fail to understand our slang; my gay students ask me what “tricking” means. It’s all old whore’s… — Edmund White 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
I know you like the way I am freakin' it. I talk with slang and I'm never gonna stop speakin' it. — Big L Copy Share Image
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
I am interested in Scripture and theology. This is an interest that I can assume I would share with a pastor, so… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
The fastidious taste will find offence in the occasional vulgarisms, or what we now call slang, which not a few of our… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge 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
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. — Carl Sandburg Copy Share Image
Hairstyles change, and skirt lengths, and slang, but high school administrations? Never. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
