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Slang Definition

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
Gilbert K. Chesterton

I know only two words of American slang, 'swell' and 'lousy'. I think 'swell' is lousy, but 'lousy' is swell.
J. B. Priestley

I write in American slang.
Norman Spinrad

In China, when you get to the airport everyone be talking in American slang.
Ike Turner

It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of to-day.
Henry David Thoreau

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

The British have slang words, as we do, but it was fun.
Dennis Farina

The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.
Anthony Burgess

The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
Carl Sandburg

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