Language Quote by John Galsworthy

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

— Ramandeep Singh

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

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

— Jesse Sheidlower

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

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

— Carl Sandburg

Trying to keep up with current slang sucks.

— Keith Waterhouse

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

— Brian Azzarello

The fact that slang is apt and forceful makes its use irresistibly tempting. Coarse or profane slang is beside the mark, but "flivver," "taxi,"…

— Emily Post

Slang has different functions: many of the words we use are playful and a lot are tribal - we speak the same way as…

— Susie Dent

That's one of the ways language evolved, by some very obscure form becoming common usage. And I must say that I'm very intrigued by…

— Ricky Jay

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

I write in American slang.

— Norman Spinrad