Slang Quotes
Slang is vigorous and apt. Probably most of our vital words were once slang.
1927 Castles in Spain and Other Screeds
Defendant (1901) "Defence of Slang"
Middlemarch bk. 1, ch. 11 (1871 - 1872)
Emily Post (2007). “Etiquette: In Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home”, p.58, Cosimo, Inc.
Mark Twain (2012). “The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations”, p.6, Courier Corporation
The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.
"The Defendant". Book by Gilbert K. Chesterton, 1901.