The American has no language, he has a dialect, slang, provincialism, accent and so forth — Rudyard Kipling 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
In general, American slang is much better than English slang. The entire world picks up American slang. — Jesse Sheidlower 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
I would rather have written Fables in Slang than be President. — William Allen White Copy Share Image
In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang. — Ike Turner Copy Share Image
“Sometimes advises from others are more difficult to bear with than even slang.” — Amit Kalantri 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
“Adapt your style, if you wish, to admit the color of slang or freshness of neologism, but hang tough on clarity, precision,… — William Safire 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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
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
“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
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 found cause to wonder upon what ground the English accuse Americans of corrupting the language by introducing slang words. I think… — James Weldon Johnson Copy Share Image
“I think fear neutralizes alcohol, weakens its anesthetic power. It's good for small fears; your boss, your wife, your bills, your dentist;… — Cornell Woolrich Copy Share Image
