Erin Montgomery's definitions

anthill

A bustling town or city, anywhere crowded and busy.

New York is just the biggest anthill on the planet, there are crowds wherever you go and everyone's busy doing something...

by Erin Montgomery May 1, 2010

lathly

Hideously ugly, scary looking.

That lathly berk's face could scare the Devil away!

by Erin Montgomery May 3, 2010

gully

A potential victim of a scam, a gullible fool.

That gully will fall for anything a cony-catcher puts in front of him.

by Erin Montgomery May 2, 2010

cross-trade

The business of thieving, or anything else illegal or shady in nature such as the black or grey markets. Fencing, stealing, and smuggling.

I make my money the modern way, I cross-trade stolen merchandise and contraband on auction websites and invest my jink based on insider stock tips...

by Erin Montgomery May 1, 2010

top-shelf

Great or best, highest in quality and value.

The really top-shelf stores are all on Rodeo Drive.

by Erin Montgomery May 1, 2010

cony

A generally naive, unsophisticated person. Someone easily robbed or conned out of money. A victim of cony-catchers.

Look at that cony, he looks like he just got of the bus from Nowhere, he'll be conned out of his shirt and shoes by the end of the day...

by Erin Montgomery May 1, 2010

chant

An expression that means news, local gossip, the facts, the mood in the air. Chant is whatever everyone is talking about right now.

I went to the pub around the corner and asked the bartender for the latest chant going around the neighbourhood...

by Erin Montgomery May 1, 2010