Famous quotes containing the words uncommon, slang and/or term:
“As uncommon a thing as true love is, it is yet easier to find than true friendship.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“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.”
—Raymond Chandler (1888–1959)
“Dead drunk
is the term I think of,
insensible,
neither cool nor warm,
without a head or a foot.
To be drunk is to be intimate with a fool.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)