Zed Numar's definitions

Chant

An expression that means news, local gossip, the facts, the moods, or anything else about what's happening. "What's the chant?" is a way of asking for the latest information a basher's heard.

"So, what's the chant about the news of the day?"

by Zed Numar July 24, 2021

Gurn

-To make a grotesque face; grimace.
-To make a ridiculous or unpleasant facial expression.
Scots dialect, variant of “grin” from Middle English “grine” from Old English “gryn”
Used in a sentence:

“Despite the cooking classes, her cooking always makes Mr. Pendleton gurn.”

by Zed Numar July 13, 2021

Bleeding cully

One who parts easily with his money, especially a cony who's been bobbed.

That bleeding cully got ripped off when he bought that black diamond. What a sucker he was!

by Zed Numar July 18, 2021

Bark

To give word, to betray.

"They knew we were coming. Some berk barked."

by Zed Numar July 9, 2021

Give 'em the laugh

To escape or slip through the clutches of someone. Robbing a police officer and not getting caught is giving him the laugh.

"Lol, when we rob that police evidence room full of cash and drugs tonight, we're going to really give 'em the laugh..."

by Zed Numar August 31, 2021

Apple-Chaser

Someone willing to do anything, no matter how degrading, for any amount of money; named for the "road apples" left behind by ponies in rural town streets.

That apple-chaser has been climbing into garbage bins to collect cans for recycling. He's do anything for to put jink in his coin-purse.

by Zed Numar July 9, 2021

Bubbed till the pitcher's empty

Very, very drunk. So drunk that the bubber's actually sweating out the bub through his skin. A particularly common state of consciousness for patrons of slum dive bars.

That wino gets bubbed till the pitcher's empty every night, his liver will be dying soon.

by Zed Numar July 20, 2021