“ Hey, you sass that hoopy Ford Prefect? There's a frood who really knows where his towel is.(Sass: know, be aware of, meet, have sex with; hoopy: really together guy; frood: really amazingly together guy.) Douglas Adams
“ On the whole I try to keep Modesty and Willie in timeless settings, which is why I avoid all the latest slang and in-words. It won't be long before 'brill' sounds as dated as 'super' does now. [Uncle… Peter O'Donnell
“ It's funny when people say something is "unreal" about something that is, in reality, real. I'm so guilty of it, it's real! Ethan Luck
“ It's too late to be studying Hebrew; it's more important to understand even the slang of today. Henry David Thoreau
“ Well,' said Can o' Beans, a bit hesitantly,' imprecise speech is one of the major causes of mental illness in human beings.'Huh?'Quite so. The inability to correctly perceive reality is often responsi… Tom Robbins
“ She wanted more, more slang, more figures of speech, the bee's knees, the cats pajamas, horse of a different color, dog-tired, she wanted to talk like she was born here, like she never came from anywh… Jonathan Safran Foer
“ Shocked, Raven flung back her head to listen more intently. The wolves are talking to you! How do I know that, Mikhail? How could I possibly know such a thing? He ruffled her hair lightly, affectionat… Christine Feehan
“ A quick butchers shows up Old Bill three-handed, also a particularly nasty female grass–-and if looks were acid baths the two she collects from us would reduce her to gristle quicker than Mrs. Durand-… Derek Raymond
“ Who originates the latest slang terms that are, seemingly overnight, known to every black youth across the country? Donald Jeffries
