Language Quote by George Eliot

I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the…

— George Eliot

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

— John Galsworthy

Correct English is the slang of prigs.

— George Eliot

Slang is a poor man's poetry

— John Moore

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

In general, American slang is much better than English slang. The entire world picks up American slang.

— Jesse Sheidlower

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

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

I write in American slang.

— Norman Spinrad

“I found cause to wonder upon what ground the English accuse Americans of corrupting the language by introducing slang words. I think I heard…

— James Weldon Johnson

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

— Ramandeep Singh

Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.

— Carl Sandburg