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I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell. — J. B. Priestley
The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect. — Carl Sandburg
Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work. — Carl Sandburg
It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of today. — Henry David Thoreau
My language limitations here are real. My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life. If… — Grace Paley
If you use a colloquialism or a slang word or phrase, simply use it; do not draw attention to it by enclosing it in quotation… — William Strunk, Jr.
She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee's knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she wanted to talk… — Jonathan Safran Foer
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 being… — Tom Waits
I leave you free to imagine any dialogue you please. Choose whatever may charm you. Have it, if you like, that they hear the voice… — Jean Genet
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 a regular basis.… — Kim Harrison
I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang… — George Eliot
So, the thing we’re all not talking about,” he says. He gestures to me. “You almost died, a sadistic pansycake saved you, and now we’re… — Veronica Roth
Hairstyles change, and skirt lengths, and slang, but high school administrations? Never. — Stephen King
The Dauthless have the wierdest slang. Pansycake, Nose...is there a term for The Candor?" "Of course."Uriah grins."Jerks — Veronica Roth
I boldly assert, in fact I think I know, that a lot of friendships and connections absolutely depend upon a sort of shared language, or… — Christopher Hitchens
I have always loved the fluidity of language - delighting in dialects, dictionaries, slang and neologisms. — Ben Schott
All our efforts to guard and guide our children may just get in the way of the one thing they need most from us: to… — Nancy Gibbs
The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun. — Dennis Farina
My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came to China, which… — China Mieville
READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in dialect and… — Ambrose Bierce
Everybody can voice their own opinion and debate, without using racial slang, cuss words and personal insults in their comment, it is easy to do,… — Glen Rambharack
It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of to-day. — Henry David Thoreau
Slang is a poor man's poetry — Unknown Author
Claiming they the boss I guess they like my style, Copy what I do, mayne they like my child, I'm listen like damn mayne them… — Slim Thug
Well, hip-hop is what makes the world go around. You could take anything off the face of the world and the world will continue to… — Snoop Dogg

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