Ages Quote by Scott Westerfeld

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

— Ramandeep Singh

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

— John Galsworthy

I love the inappropriateness of age-old wisdom in modern slang. These things are all so wonderful to me.

— Doseone

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

— Carl Sandburg

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

— Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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

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

Trying to keep up with current slang sucks.

— Keith Waterhouse

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

— Brian Azzarello