The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.

- Anthony Burgess

I have always loved the fluidity of language - delighting in dialects, dictionaries, slang and neologisms.

- Ben Schott

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

- Dennis Farina

'Chamalkay' is an old Guyanese slang word. It means a 'young mischievous girl.' It's not derogatory, but it isn't over complimentary, either. It was probably a word I just Googled one day, and the song kind of played into the feel of that.

- Dev Hynes

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

I love learning about different dialects and I own all sorts of regional and time-period slang dictionaries. I often browse through relevant ones while writing a story. I also read a lot of diaries and oral histories.

- Ron Rash

Other dances are like languages, like French or Spanish, but my steps are slang, and slang is always changing.

- Savion Glover