( « L'argot est né de la haine, il n'existe plus» Arts, 6. February 1957. in À l’agité du bocal et autres textes, (op. cit.) p. 55.
“All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.”
G. K. Chesterton book The Defendant
" A Defense of Slang http://books.google.com/books?id=8WpaAAAAMAAJ&q=&quot;all+slang+is+metaphor+and+all+metaphor+is+poetry&quot;&pg=PA110#v=onepage" <br class="br">The Defendant (1901)
“Why ‘threep’? Why ‘clank’? Slang happens.”
John Scalzi book Lock In
Source: Lock In (2014), Chapter 2 (p. 28)
“The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.”
G. K. Chesterton book The Defendant
"A Defence of Slang"
The Defendant (1901)
“Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
Source: Epigrams, p. 358
“I showered the slang, simple as ABC's / Skip over the D's and rock the microphone with ease”
Eminem (1972) American rapper and actor
E's
"313"
1990s, Infinite (1996)
“Slang is a foul pool at which every dunce fills his bucket, and then sets up as a fountain.”
Ambrose Bierce (1842–1914) American editorialist, journalist, short story writer, fabulist, and satirist
Source: Epigrams, p. 369
Anthony Burgess (1917–1993) English writer
Non-Fiction, A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially English (1992)
Chow Yun-fat (1955) Hong Kong actor
Interview with Chow Yun Fat https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2009-04-01/3 (April 1, 2009)
Yasser Harrak Canadian liberal writer, columnist and human rights activist
Yasser Harrak. 2010. "Origins of Insluting Islam in the Sunna and in Muslim societies". Annabaa Information Network. Accessed January 20, 2010. http://annabaa.org/nbanews/2010/05/243.htm
