Erin Montgomery's definitions

apple-chaser

Someone willing to do anything, no matter how degrading, for any amount of money.

Jack's so desperate for money he'd pick up "road apples" left behind by ponies for nickle a piece. What an apple-chaser...

by Erin Montgomery April 30, 2010

bar that

An almost-polite way to say "shut up" or "don't talk about that." It's quick, to the point, and can be used as a warning.

"Bar that, there's a narc over there!"

by Erin Montgomery April 30, 2010

blek

In polite company, faeces. Also dirt, slime, sewage, or any other disgusting, smelly, often unidentifiable material.

Hey, you stepped in something nasty, better scrape that blek off your shoe.

by Erin Montgomery May 1, 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