A continuation of The Best Quotes About Slang.
“By such innovations are languages enriched, when the words are adopted by the multitude, and naturalized by custom.” ~ Miguel de Cervantes
“I’ve found that there are only two kinds that are any good: slang that has established itself in the language, and slang that you make up yourself. Everything else is apt to be passé before it gets into print.” ~ Raymond Chandler
“All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.” ~ G.K. Chesterton
“The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.“ ~ Anthony Burgess
” I know only two words of American slang, ’swell’ and ‘lousy’. I think ’swell’ is lousy, but ‘lousy’ is swell.“ ~ J.B. Priestley
“It is too late to be studying Hebrew; it is more important to understand even the slang of to-day.“ ~ Henry David Thoreau
