| Expression | Description |
Example |
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| "Ace" |
A class A trucker |
"Thanks for the smokey report there Ace." |
| "Advertising" |
Highway Patrol with their lights on |
"Smokey advertising at the 56 mile marker." |
| "Alligator" |
Large piece of a tire on the road |
"There's a large alligator in the middle of the road up ahead." |
| "At your back door" |
Behind your truck |
"You got a smokey at your back door!" |
| "Bambi" |
Deer (dead or alive) |
"There's a Bambi on the side at the 43 yardstick." |
| "Barbershop" |
A low overpass |
"I saw a driver take his trailer to the barbershop last week." |
| "Bear bait" |
Leader in a group of trucks |
"Looks like Swift is the bear bait tonight." |
| "Bear/Smokey" |
County or State Cop |
"Can I get a smokey report." |
| "Bear cave" |
Police station on the highway |
"The bear cave is empty tonight so watch out." |
| "Bear in the air" |
Overhead highway patrol |
"Slow down Roadrunner you got a bear in the air past the next rest area." |
| "Bear meat" |
Speeding truck without a radar detector | "That gearjamming large car is bear meat." |
| "Bear report" |
Asking for the location of the cops |
"Can I get a bear report there covenant." |
| "Bedbuggers" |
Moving companies |
"Bedbuggers on the side of the road." |
| "Better half" |
Husband or wife |
"I sure do miss my better half." |
| "Big/tall rubber" |
24 inch tires |
"I just bought new big rubber for my rig." |
| "Bingo cards" |
Paper cards that hold trucking permits from different states |
"Better get your bingo cards out, they're checkin' em at the chicken coop." |
| "Bluebird" |
A Martin Truck company's truck" |
"Can I get a smokey report there Bluebird." |
| "Boardwalk" |
A bumpy road |
"I don't run 78 often cause it's a real boardwalk." |
| "Bobtail" |
Traveling without a trailer |
"It sure can be hairy to bobtail in the rain."
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| "Boogie" |
Top gear |
"I've got 'er up in the boogie now" |
| "Boulevard" |
Interstate highway |
"Once we hit the boulevard we can put some miles behind us." |
| "Boy scouts" |
State police |
"There's a bunch of boyscouts waiting for you at the 157." |
| "Break" |
I'd like to break-in, interrupt |
"Can I get a break." |
| "Brake check" |
Jamming on your brakes in traffic |
"Watch out we're doing a break check up ahead." |
| "Break one-oh" or "Break-10" |
I want to talk (on channel 10) |
"Can I get a break one-oh." |
| "Breaker" |
CB'er who asks to use a channel | "Who's that breaker out there." |
| "Bug out" |
To leave a channel |
"I better bug out and get some shut eye." |
| "Bulldog" |
Mack truck |
"Who we got in that eastbound bulldog." |
| "Bumper Sticker" |
Car following too closely |
"Hey CRST better watch out you got a bumper sticker on your backdoor." |
| "Bundled out" |
Trailer is fully loaded |
"As bundled out as I am those hills will really slow me down." |
| "Buttermilk" |
Any beer |
"When I get home I'm gonna get me some buttermilk." |
| "Cabbage" |
A long steep incline in eastern Oregon |
"I jammed the brakes pullin' off of Cabbage" |
| "Camera" |
Police radar unit |
"There's a local yokal with a camera just ahead." |
| "Cash register" |
Toll booth |
"I'm comin' up on a cash register at highway 88" |
| "Chicken coop" |
Truck weigh station |
"Are the chicken coops open this morning?" |
| "Chicken lights" |
Extra lights on a truck |
"Look at all those chicken lights on that northbound bulldog." |
| "City kitty" |
Woman city police officer |
"You got a city kitty at the next corner up here." |
| "Clean shot" |
No highway patrol around |
"Large Car you got a clean shot all the way to the state line." |
| "Coal Bucket" |
Dump Trailer |
"Goin' up Rte. 61 in PA, better watch for them coal buckets." |
| "Comeback" |
Return call or repeat |
"Can I get a come back on that smokey report." |
| "Comedian" |
Median strip |
"You got a smokey in the comedian taking pictures." |
| "Comic book" |
Truck driver's log book |
"The chicken coops checking comic books this morning." |
| "Corn flakes" |
A Consolidated Freightway truck |
"Can I get a smokey report there corn flakes." |
| "County Mounty" |
Highway patrol |
"You got a county mounty advertising at the 34." |
| "Covered wagon" |
Gravel trailer covered with a tarp |
"There's a line of sand truck in this destruction up ahead." |
| "Cowboy" |
Truck driver who constantly changes lanes at high speeds |
"We got a bunch of real cowboys out on the road tonight." |
| "Crotch rocket" |
motorcycle |
"That crotch rocket better slow down or we're gonna have to call the meat wagon." |
| "Cub scouts" |
Sheriff's deputies |
"Cub Scouts at the 97 so you better watch out." |
| "Darktime" or "Dark 30" |
Nighttime |
"I am shutting this rig down right at darktime." |
| "Destruction" |
Road construction | "Seem's like all the roads in pennsylvania are always under destruction." |
| "Dirty town" |
New York City |
"I got a load of garbage going to dirty town." |
| "Do it to it" |
Speed up |
"Now that we're on the boulevard lets do it to it." |
| "Double harley" |
Putting the CB on channel 11 |
"Anyone looking to buy a good C.B. take it to the double harley." |
| "Double nickel" |
Traveling at 55 MPH |
"I sure got tired of running the double nickle." |
| "Down stroke" |
A hill going down |
"You can put her in georgia overdrive on the downstroke." |
| "Dragon fly" |
A truck with no power |
"Drag 'er up one side of the hill, let 'er fly down the other" |
| "Dragon Wagon" |
Tow truck |
"Looks like that bulldog is gonna need a dragon wagon." |
| "Dry box" |
Freight trailer |
"I pulled both skateboards and dry boxes." |
| "Ears on" |
CB is turned on |
"Any smokeys out there with their ears on." |
| "Eat-em-up" |
Truck stop Cafe |
"It's been so long since I stopped at the eat em up that my stomach thinks my throats been slashed." |
| "Eighteen wheeler" |
A truck with 18 wheels |
"If you got it an 18-wheeler brought it." |
| "Evil Kenivel" |
Motorcycle cop |
"Ther's an Evil Kenivel taking pictures at the 38." |
| "Fat load |
Overload, carrying more weight than local state law allows |
"Better not be running at fat load, cause the coops are open and checking ground pressure this morning." |
| "Feed the bears" |
Receive a ticket |
"Looks like that chicken hauler likes to feed the bears." |
| "Flappers" |
Ears |
"Anybody got there flappers on out there?" |
| "Flip flop" |
Trucker's return trip |
"I'll catch you on the flip flop." |
| "Fog lifter" |
Interesting CB'er |
"She sure was a real foglifter." |
| "Four wheeler" |
Passenger car or pickup |
"Looks like smokey is giving that four wheeler and invitation." |
| "Freightshaker" |
A Freightliner truck |
"We're gonna buy all new freightshakers next year." |
| "Front door" |
Lead rig in convoy of trucks |
"Who's gonna run front door and be bear bait tonight?" |
| "Garbage" |
Produce (bananas,lettuce etc.) |
"I sure am glad I'm not takin this load of garbage to Hunt's Point." |
| "Gearjammer" |
A speeding trucker |
"We got us a real gearjammer in that eastbound lane." |
| "Gearslammer" |
A trucker who's known to accelerate and decelerate a lot |
"Better watch out there's a real gearjammer in the granny lane." |
| "General Mess of Crap |
GMC trucks by Volvo/White |
"I used to drive a general mess of crap." |
| "Georgia overdrive" |
Neutral gear |
"You put her in Georgia overdrive on the downstroke." |
| "Getting out" |
Being heard on the c.b. |
"Can anyone tell me if my c.b. is getting out?" |
| "Go to the Harley" |
Putting your CB on channel 1 |
"This channel's too busy, lets take it to the Harley." |
| "Going horizontal" |
Going to sleep |
"At darktime I'm goin horizontal." |
| "Got your ears on?" |
Used when asking for someone on the CB |
"Hey, J.B. you got your ears on?" |
| "Gouge on it" |
Go faster, speed it up |
"Once I get on the boulevard I'm gonna gouge on it." |
| "Grass" |
Median strip or side of road |
"We got a four wheeler broke down in the grass at the 211 yardstick." |
| "Green stamp road" |
Toll Road |
"Can anyone tell me if 76 is a greenstamp road?" |
| "Green stamps" |
Money paid in fines (dollars) |
"Looks like the chicken coops are collecting plenty of green stamps today." |
| "Hammer" |
Gas pedal |
"When we get past this parking lot we can really press the hammer." |
| "Hammer down" |
Driving fast |
"We got a southbound smokey with the hammer down." |
| "Handle" |
Slang names used on the c.b. |
"What's your handle there CRST?" |
| "Harvey Wallbanger" |
Reckless driver |
"That 4-wheeler is a real harvey wallbanger." |
| "Honeybear" |
Female county or state police officer |
"Just passed a honeybear in a tijuana taxi takin' pictures." |
| "Idiot box" |
T.V. set |
"When I get home I'm gonna buy me a new idiot box." |
| "In the grass" |
Pulled over in a median strip |
"We got a smokey in the grass." |
| "Invitations" |
Traffic tickets |
"You got a smokey at the 57 yardstick giving out invitations." |
| "Juvenile delinquent" |
Someone pretending to be a truck driver |
"Let's take it to the double Harley ther's too many juvenile deliquents on this channel." |
| "Kenosha Cadillac" |
Any AMC car |
"I sure don't see many kenosha cadillacs anymore." |
| "Landline" |
Telephone |
"It is hard to find a landline when you need one." |
| "Linear" |
Extra powerful amplifier used to increase CB transmitter output |
"I want to buy me a million watt linear." |
| "Local Yokel" |
City police officer |
"That town up ahead is crawling with local yokels." |
| "Make the trip?" |
Is transmission being received |
"Did my signal make the trip?" |
| "Mile markers" |
Small signs on interstate highways |
"We got a smokey at mile marker 156." |
| "Mix-master" |
Highway cloverleaf |
"You got a parking lot on the mix-master up ahead." |
| "Motor city" |
Detroit, Michigan |
"I need me a load goin to motor city." |
| "On the side" |
Pulled over on the shoulder |
"You got a 4-wheeler on the side up ahead." |
| "One eyed monster" | T.V. set |
"I think my kids would die if the one-eyed-monster broke." |
| "Over your shoulder" |
Behind you |
"How's it look over your shoulder?" |
| "Pickle Park" |
Rest area |
"I don't often park overnight in the pickle parks." |
| "Pickle Park Pinger" |
A CB with a roger-beep |
"I don't care much for them pickle park pingers." |
| "Pickum-up" |
Pick-up truck, light truck |
"Watch out for that pickum-up truck broke down in the right lane." |
| "Picture machine" | Radar |
"Watch out for the picture machine at the corner of 9th and Wilcox." |
| "Picture taker" |
Police with radar |
"There's a picture taker at the 27 mile marker." |
| "Plain wrapper" |
Unmarked police car |
"Plain wrapper sitting at the 57 taking pictures." |
| "Pregnant roller skate" |
Volkswagon |
"Better get over, we got a pregnant roller skate trying to merge ahead." |
| "Put the pedal to the metal" |
Accelerate, speed up |
"Let's put the petal to the metal." |
| "Rake the leaves" |
Last vehicle in a string |
"Looks like I get to rake the leaves tonight." |
| "Ratchet jaw" |
Non-stop talker |
"He sure was a ratchet jaw." |
| "Read" |
Hear |
"Can you read me there Baylor." |
| "Rest-um-up" |
Roadside rest area |
"Can anyone tell me where the next eastbound rest-em-up is?" |
| "Rig" |
Tractor |
"I want to buy me a new rig next year." |
| ""Rocking chair" |
Vehicle between 2 trucks |
"Who we got in the rocking chair tonight." |
| "Roger Beep" |
An add-on device for CB's that beeps when the mike key is pressed or released |
"How much did that roger beep cost ya?" |
| ""Roller skate" |
Small car |
"We got a roller skate broke down in the left lane so watch out." |
| "Rolling parking lot" |
Automobile transport |
"Who's that in the rolling parking lot southbound." |
| "Seat covers" |
Attractive women in vehicles |
"Look at the seatcovers in that westbound rollerskate." |
| "Shake the leaves" |
See what's ahead |
"I guess it's my turn to shake the leaves." |
| "Shakey town" |
Los Angeles, California |
"I'm on a mission to shakey town." |
| "Shiny side" |
Top of the trailer |
"Keep your shiny side up and your rubber side down" |
| "Skate Board" |
A flatboard trailer |
"Wish I was pulling a skateboard instead of this drybox" |
| "Smokey on four legs" |
Mounted police |
"Ther's a smokey on four legs at the next corner." |
| "Sweeping leaves" |
Bringing up the rear |
"Who's that sweeping leaves behind me?" |
| "Stagecoach" |
A customized bus used to carry entertainers form venue to venue |
"Wonder if Faith Hill is in that stagecoach?" |
| "Thermos bottle" |
Tanker truck |
"We just bought fifteen new thermos bottle's." |
| "Tijuana taxi" |
Well marked police car |
"There's a tijuana taxi about a mile ahead." |
| "Tin can" |
CB radio |
"I have to get a new tin can at the next truckstop." |
| "Train station" |
Traffic court that fines everyone |
"Get out your money traffic court is a real train station today." |
| "Two wheeler" |
Motorcycle |
"We got a two wheeler coming up fast in the left lane." |
| "What's your 20?" |
Asking for location |
"Whats your 20 there New Penn." |
| "Walked over" |
Over powered by a stronger c.b. signal |
"Come back on that someone walked all over you." |
| "Willy weaver" |
Drunk driver |
"Watch out for the willy weaver in the granny lane." |
| "Windjammer" |
Blabbermouth trucker |
"That Hunt driver was a real windjammer." |
| "Window wash" |
A rainstorm |
"The news said we can expect a window wash later today." |
| "Yardstick" |
Mile markers on the road side |
"There's a smokey advertising at the 75 yardstick." |
| "You got a copy on me?" |
Do you hear me? |
"You got a copy on me there eastbounder?" |
| "Zoo" | Highway patrol headquarters |
"Better be careful the zoo is empty tonight."
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