Hip hop Quote by Big L

Slang is really coded talk. I can say a few things, in front of somebody, that only people who know what I'm saying are…

— E-40

I really like language - and slang in particular, and just the shorthand we use when we communicate with people.

— Brian Azzarello

The street slang I be speakin in code. Kick in the do's, freakin the flow 'til the speakers explode.

— Talib Kweli

Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.

— John Galsworthy

I also know how say SHITS!!!! but I still keep my mouth shut.

— Anonymous

My life changed forever when I found out the word slang was actually slang for shortened language

— Ramandeep Singh

I’ve always been a word guy, I like weird words and I like American slang and all that and words that are no longer…

— Tom Waits

Trying to keep up with current slang sucks.

— Keith Waterhouse

Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short…

— Ernest Hemingway

Slang moves on so fast that most new words disappear soon after they are coined. But there is always something that sticks behind.

— Susie Dent

Oh, by the way, I tend to use a lot of profanities. I do that for a reason: I like it.

— Robert McKee

I've found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you…

— Raymond Chandler