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Definitions
ALLIGATOR RADIO / STATION
a radio that can transmit well, but receives poorly - the radio is like an
alligator in that it is "all mouth and no ears".
BACK DOOR
behind you. "You got you a full blown bear at your back door
with his lights on."
BACK OUT
finished talking. "I'm back out."
BEAR (or) SMOKIE (or) SMOKIE THE BEAR
common term for an officer of the law.
+ FULL BLOWN BEAR - state trooper
+ COUNTY MOUNTY - sheriff's deputy
+ CITY KITTY - city police
+ EVIL KNIEVEL - bike cop
+ PLAIN WRAPPER - an unmarked police car (plain white wrapper,
plain black wrapper, etc.)
BIG ROAD
major highway.
BIG TRUCK
an 18 wheeler.
BIRD DOG
a radar detector. "You'd better give it a brake check, my bird
dog is barkin!"
BOBTAIL
a cab with no trailer attached.
BRAKE CHECK
traffic that is slowing down. "You got a brake check comin' on
up here."
BREAK
proper way to gain access to a busy channel. "Breaker
one nine" to gain access to channel 19.
CHANNEL 9
emergency channel.
CHANNEL 19
the unofficial official trucker channel.
CHICKEN COOP (or just COOP)
weigh stations
CONTAINER
what you call a "regular" 18 wheeler "How about that south
bound container. You got a copy?"
COME ON
back to you only/ go ahead and transmit (be sure to say this after EVERY
transmission)
COVERED WAGON
a truck trailer with a rounded top covered with tarp
DEAD HEAD
a truck without any cargo
DIESEL CAR
a "real" truck (18 wheeler)
DOUBLE NICKEL
55 MPH. "This here U-Haul can't make it past double
nickel."
DRIVER
the person you were talking to / the radio operator receiving your
transmissions.
SEVENTY-FIFTH STREET
reference to I-75
FLIP FLOP
a U-turn. "That's the sixth time I've seen that U-Haul do a flip
flop. They must be lost."
Can also mean the return trip. "I'll catch you on the flip - flop."
FM
am/fm radio (the term RADIO by itself refers to the CB)
FORTY-TWO
I understand and agree with you. "Forty-Two, driver, I heard that!"
FOUR WHEELER
a car usually mentioned in the negative sense. "All these damn
four wheelers need to get off the big road and stop rubber neckin."
FRONT DOOR
in front of you "You might wanna slow down and take a good
look at that U-Haul at your front door."
GATOR
a piece of tire in the road "You got a big fat gator comin' up
at the 83 yardstick in the hammer lane."
GOOD BUDDY
a term no longer used unless you are deliberately trying to annoy someone
GOOD NEIGHBOR
same as DRIVER. the person you are talking with (this has replaced
"good buddy")
HAMMER LANE
left lane of traffic "Check out this fine U-Haul comin' up in
the hammer lane!"
HAMMER DOWN
vehicle moving fast "I'm
HAND
same as DRIVER "Preeshaydit there, hand."
HANDLE
your name on the CB radio. (i.e. "Lone Starlet and Cry
Baby")
HOME TWENTY
where you live, your house, apartment, trailer, etc.
MEAT WAGON (or) MEAT TRUCK
an ambulance.
MOVIN' ON (or) STEPPIN' ON (or) ROLLIN' ON
you are no longer talking on the CB are now driving
MUD DUCK
a poor radio signal
NODAMENE?
do you understand what I am saying?
PARKING LOT
a truck transporting a bunch of four-wheelers
PICKEMUP TRUCK
a pick up truck
PICKLE STOP
a rest area, or to take a break.
PREESHAYDIT
thank you very much
RADIO CHECK
a call to see if your radio is transmitting
READIN' THE MAIL (or) SAND BAGGING
only listening to the CB (not actively talking)
ROGER
means "yes" or "OK" "Roger that,
driver!"
SEAT COVER
name for a seat or more specifically, someone who is sitting in the seat
that is indicated "Them are some nice seat covers in that U-Haul!"
SHOOTIN AT YA (or) TAKING PICTURES
police operating a radar gun
SKATEBOARD
a flatbed truck
STAND ON IT
accelerate with a quickness
TEN FOUR
"Okay" or "Yes"
TEN-TWENTY (or) 'TWENTY
location "What's your twenty there, hand?"
TEN-THIRTY-THREE
emergency
WALKED ON YA
someone keyed up with you and your transmission was unintelligible
YARD
name for the parking lot of a driver's company "Sittin' here in the
yard waitin' to load up."
YARDSTICK
mile markers. "You've got a brake check at the twenty-three
yard stick, headin' North."
Handy Phrases
"How about it _______ bound? where are all the (police/bears/speed cops)
at?" (substitute NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST in the blank. Keep track of
the way you are headed so you can ask the drivers headed in the opposite
direction)
"How's it looking over your shoulder there ______ bound?" (same
as above)
"Yer comin' in loud n' proud, wall to wall and treetop tall! (your
radio has plenty of modulation, the carrier signal is good, and the readability
is excellent. Don't change a thing.) (response for a radio check)
"You should have put another nickel in the meter!" (when the
person you are following makes the traffic light, and you don't, you tell them
they should have "put money in the meter" to keep the green light
going, because it changed to red when the "time on the meter"
expired.)
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