#slang

Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is." (Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.) ↗

— Douglas Adams

#slang #humor

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

#language #pop-culture #setting #slang #time

All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry. ↗

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

#poetry #slang

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

— J. B. Priestley

#i #i think #know #lousy #only

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

— Carl Sandburg

#language #never #no respect #people #polite

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