Hate gave birth to the slang; Slang (‘argot’) exists not anymore.
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( « L'argot est né de la haine, il n'existe plus» Arts, 6. February 1957. in ? l’agité du bocal et autres textes, (op. cit.) p. 55.Louis-Ferdinand Celine
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The one stream of poetry which is continually flowing is slang.
Gilbert Keith Chesterton
Slang is the speech of him who robs the literary garbage carts on their way to the dumps.
Ambrose Bierce
Slang is a foul pool at which every dunce fills his bucket, and then sets up as a fountain.
Ambrose Bierce
…slang…the home-made language of the ruled, not the rulers, the acted upon, the used, the used up. It is demotic poetry emerging in flashes of ironic insight.
Anthony Burgess
I knew she wasn't English
Because she spoke it far too well
The grammar was goodly, the verbs as they should be
And the slang was bang on the bell
So as the language barrier clanged and banged
I couldn't hear--hear or see
England, London, and Bow
Crumbled into the sea.Peter Doherty
Celine, Louis-Ferdinand
Cellini, Benvenuto
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