Programming Quote by Talib Kweli

Slang has always moved this way. From Cockney rhyming slang to codes swapped among highwaymen, they're tribal badges of identity, bonding mechanisms designed to…

— Susie Dent

I know you like the way I am freakin' it. I talk with slang and I'm never gonna stop speakin' it.

— Big L

They say bullshit walk, and cash talk. That's why I'm ridin' out, pockets on loud mouth. Yeah I'm goin' in, finna spazz out. Aigga…

— TI

When there's not ten feet of snow on the ground, I ride my bike down the streets of New York, and I literally hear…

— Dean Winters

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

— Carl Sandburg

I write in American slang.

— Norman Spinrad

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

— Ramandeep Singh

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

— Brian Azzarello

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

— John Galsworthy

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

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

For many Americans the term 'speech code' sends shivers up the spine. Yet these noxious and un-American codes have become commonplace on college campuses…

— Kirsten Powers