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 have always loved the fluidity of language - delighting in dialects, dictionaries, slang and neologisms.
Ben Schott
I write in American slang.
Norman Spinrad
The downtrodden are the great creators of slang.
Anthony Burgess