Slang Quotes

Correct English is the slang of prigs who write history and essays. And the strongest slang of all is the slang of poets.

Slang in a woman’s mouth is not obscene, it only sounds so.

Slang, n. The speech of one who utters with his tongue what he thinks with his ear, and feels the pride of a creator in accomplishing the feat of a parrot. A means (under Providence) of setting up as a wit without a capital of sense.

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.