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“As the frontier contracted and crimes such as rustling began attracting more official notice, “cowboy” became a generic term to describe habitual thugs or…

— Jeff Guinn

My mom used to tell me, I can't use this phrase on the radio - but basically don't be one of those dudes hanging…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

Slang is a poor man's poetry

— John Moore

When 'American Slang' came out, everyone was like, 'This is the next big band in the world, and this is blah blah blah Bruce…

— Brian Fallon

“Grits Glossary hillbilly \’hil-,bi-lē\ n: a derogatory term that refers to people living in the next county or town; alternate forms include redneck, cracker,…

— Deborah Ford

What is slang in one age sometimes goes into the vocabulary of the purist in the next.

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“Cussed fellow-critters! Kick up de damndest row as ever you can; fill your dam bellies 'till dey bust - and den die”

— Herman Melville

You're either slangin' crack rock, or you got a wicked jumpshot...

— The Notorious B.I.G

At some point free expression absolutism becomes childish and unserious.

— Garry Trudeau

Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps.

— Ambrose Bierce

“The filth hissed at us when we venture out-- always in twos or threes, never alone-- seems less a language spoken than one spat…

— Marilyn Nelson

“Sometimes I view members of the elite with an almost primal scorn—recently, an acquaintance used the word “confabulate” in a sentence, and I just…

— J.D. Vance