What is slang in one age sometimes goes into the vocabulary of the purist in the next. — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
The street slang I be speakin in code. Kick in the do's, freakin the flow 'til the speakers explode. — Talib Kweli Copy Share Image
Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
“I like slang words, straight to the point. I like words of wisdom, straight to the heart.” — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
My English wasn't that good at first, and I made mistakes, especially with the slang. — Morten Andersen Copy Share Image
“The slang 'Educated Fool' might be discovered by the Educated Society but mostly use by the Fools.” — Md. Naeem Aziz Copy Share Image
“ABSQUATULATE To flee, abscond, or boogie. This facetious frontier slang combines the notion of speculating with squatting or camping. An example of… — Phil Cousineau 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
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
I really like language - and slang in particular, and just the shorthand we use when we communicate with people. — Brian Azzarello Copy Share Image
It's not just my music. Not everyone just listens to grime now 'cause of Skepta. They like how we speak. They like… — Skepta Copy Share Image
Shady flow: Johnny Cage, chain flow: Johnny Dang. Been balling, six bottles, talk with such expensive slang. — Wale Copy Share Image
“In many a case, the phrase ‘I’d like to get to know you better’ is a euphemism for ‘I want us to… — Mokokoma Mokhonoana Copy Share Image
Keep my planets in orbit, Never forfeit or quit, Move forward... I talk with the awkward slang, I walk with the Wu-Tang. — RZA Copy Share Image
“All choice of words is slang. It marks a class.” “There is correct English: that is not slang.” “I beg your pardon:… — George Eliot 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
She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee's knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she… — Jonathan Safran Foer 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
One of the main aims of Sharon is to prevent a Palestinian state - a real, viable, sovereign, free Palestinian state. It… — Uri Avnery Copy Share Image
“Slang, too, is the wholesome fermentation or eructation of those processes eternally active in language, by which froth and specks are thrown… — Walt Whitman 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
“Ah, the boo. The boo is the most maligned, gossiped about, ridiculed figure in the pantheon of prison characters. Boo, which is… — Erin George Copy Share Image
So, the thing we’re all not talking about,” he says. He gestures to me. “You almost died, a sadistic pansycake saved you,… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
Sure am glad I'm not royalty," I muttered. "I wouldn't want to have to bump uglies with someone I can't stand. On… — Kim Harrison Copy Share Image
“Shocked, Raven flung back her head to listen more intently. “The wolves are talking to you! How do I know that, Mikhail?… — Christine Feehan Copy Share Image
There is something false in this search for a purely feminine writing style. Language, such as it is, is inherited from a… — Simone de Beauvoir 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
“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
Hit records create slang, and if you create slang, you get into a broader conversation level. — No I.D Copy Share Image
It was really interesting to talk about the things I cared about in logger slang. — Torrey Peters 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
My man slangs rocks like up the block, 143RD and Amsterdam by the smoke shop — Redman Copy Share Image