Erin Montgomery's definitions

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

shed

A verb meaning to tell or inform, from the phrase "to shed light on".

Be careful, berk, that basher did not shed the total dark on the issue...

by Erin Montgomery May 1, 2010

whispers

Things that are dangerous to talk about, information normally uttered in hushed tones. "To stare at the whispers" means to eavesdrop.

Bar that! Whispers like that will get you killed if someone overhears you!

by Erin Montgomery May 1, 2010

bubber

A drunk, especially one who's fallen on hard times. A wino or junkie.

That bubber sleeping in the alley spent his rent money getting drunk every night for a month.

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