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All slang is a metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
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All slang is metaphor, and all metaphor is poetry.
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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.
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Slang is a language that rolls up its sleeves, spits on its hands and goes to work.
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The downtrodden, who are the great creators of slang.
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The sea speaks a language polite people never repeat. It is a colossal scavenger slang and has no respect.
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Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps.
Source: Epigrams (1911) p.358
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