Careless, foolish talk.
1806. The slang of well-wishing is not uncommon among our modern great men.—The Repertory, Boston, Nov. 21.
1812. There is much cant and slang abroad now-a-days, about “Ministers of the Gospel” meddling with politics in the pulpit.—Boston-Gazette, Aug. 27: from the N.Y. Commercial Advertiser.
1824. The editor can be nothing short of a very Joe Miller,—at least he must have thumbed him closely for years, to obtain such infinite wisdom, and boundless flow of slang.—The Microscope, Albany, May 22.
1827. The men collected under a thick foliaged walnut, and began a slang about politics.—Mass. Spy, Aug. 22: from the Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
1828. Such “slang” does not comport with the character of a soldier.—Richmond Enquirer, Jan. 5, p. 1/5.
1828. [Mr. Wright’s] speech consisted of a dull medley of worn out party slang, the grossest misrepresentations, &c.—Id., Feb. 14, p. 2/1.
1828. In Pennsylvania particularly they have adopted [a sham speech of Andrew Jackson] as a part of their electioneering of slang.—Id., Aug. 29, p. 3/4.
1836. The idea of irresponsibility of the Senate was suited to the newspaper slang of the country.—Mr. Leigh in the U.S. Senate, April 4: Cong. Globe, p. 279.
1837. The cant and slang of the present day is against banks and corporations.—Mr. Thompson of S. Carolina, Sept. 27.—Id., p. 294, Appendix.
1837. I know that this last objection has been scouted as mere slang, as part of a mere “rabble,” and unworthy of notice.—Mr. Mason of Virginia, Oct. 11.—Id., p. 216, App.
1840. A tirade of newspaper slang and pot-house vituperation.—Mr. Tappan of Ohio, in the U.S. Senate, Feb. 25: id., p. 230, App.
1840. Sir, said Mr. Weller of Ohio, I have never before listened to such miserable slang as fell from the lips of the gentleman from Connecticut,—such contemptible stuff. (The Speaker here called Mr. Weller to order.)—House of Repr., Feb. 26: id., p. 195, App.
1840. Such slang and slander make no more impression on the minds of the honest-hearted and sturdy Democrats, than the falling of a sun-parched leaf upon the Rocky Mountains.—Mr. Watterson of Tennessee, the same: id., p. 375, App.
1841. Mr. Clark of New York said all this log-cabin slang was quite out of date.—The same, June 22: id., p. 92.
1841. [The idea that President Harrison was removed by a dispensation of Providence] is ferocious, impious slang.—Mr. Arnold of Tennessee, the same, Aug. 25: id., p. 451, App.
1846. I am sick of the slang of theories attempted to be arrayed against a system under which the people are prosperous.—Mr. Ewing of Tenn., the same, June 27: id., p. 993, App.
1855. But few of the talented men who belong to this Church could go to the seat of Government and endure the slang and misrepresentations which the Doctor [Bernhisel] has endured.—Brigham Young, June 17: ‘Journal of Discourses,’ ii. 318.
1859. One paper will repeat the old slang, that it is opposed to abolitionism at the North on one hand, and to the fire-eaters of the South on the other.—Corr. Richmond Enquirer, Nov. 11, p. 2/4.
1861. If the Senator [Douglas] chooses to impeach men’s motives and deal in that kind of slang, he may do so.—Mr. B. F. Wade of Ohio, U.S. Senate, March 2: Cong. Globe, p. 1395/3.
