Zed Numar's definitions

Dark

Anything secret is said to be dark. "Here's the dark of it" is a way of saying "I've got a secret and I'll share it with you."

"How Jeffrey Epstein died will always be dark..."

by Zed Numar July 27, 2021

Burg

Any town smaller than Los Angeles, in size or in spirit -- at least that's how folks from Los Angeles see it. Other bodies don't agree.

"We went to Paris and London on vacation, there were nice burgs but had no In-N-Out burgers joints."

by Zed Numar July 21, 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

Canny

Smart or talented.

"That berk is one canny blood, he figured out that Rubik's cube in under a minute!"

by Zed Numar July 24, 2021

Biter

Anybody very short and very, very mean. Insult.

"Don't mess with the Oompa-Loompas. They're vicious biters."

by Zed Numar July 18, 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

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