Age Quote by Thomas Bailey Aldrich

You see failed vocabulary in the adult world so often, and it's often because once you reach a certain age you're kind of embarrassed…

— Daniel Handler

I found a great book called 'Slang Through the Ages' by Jonathon Green. It's basically a thesaurus of historical slang, and had lots of…

— Scott Westerfeld

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

— Doseone

The words I use too often are X-rated, something an old man like me shouldn't be talking about anyway.

— George Clinton

When a kid can understand that a word can mean two things, there's some real thinking going on. They have a vested interest in…

— Brian P. Cleary

Do not dismiss the words of the old; they possess wisdom, which comes only with age, and often speak of things that the young…

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

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

— John Galsworthy

“T-H-U-G L-I-F-E. Meaning what society give us as youth, it bites them in the ass when we wild out. Get it?” “Damn.”

— Angie Thomas

Words are not too old, only people are too old if they use the same words too frequently.

— Elias Canetti

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

— Carl Sandburg

“You've got the fountain of youth hidden in your pants." "What the fuck does that even mean?" Hook demanded, then held up a hand.…

— S.E. Jakes

That which is the wonder of one age is the commonplace of the next.

— Laura Ingalls Wilder