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“All choice of words is slang. It marks a class.” “There is correct English: that is not slang.” “I beg your pardon: correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets.”
George Eliot
“She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee's knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she wanted to talk like she was born here, like she never came from anywhere else”
Jonathan Safran Foer, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close“Who originates the latest slang terms that are, seemingly overnight, known to every black youth across the country?”
Donald Jeffries, The Unreals“On the whole I try to keep Modesty and Willie in timeless settings, which is why I avoid all the latest slang and in-words. It won't be long before 'brill' sounds as dated as 'super' does now. [Uncle Happy, 1990]”
Peter O'Donnell“Slang surely, as it is called, comes of, and breathes of the personal”
John Henry Newman“Slang is language which takes off its coat spits on its hands - and goes to work.”
Carl Sandburg“Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.”
Carl Sandburg“The downtrodden who are the great creators of slang hurl pithiness and colour at poverty and oppression.”
Anthony Burgess“I like slang words, straight to the point. I like words of wisdom, straight to the heart.”
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