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I'm sorry ya'll I'm real talkative tonight.
The last thing I posted made me think of this. When we were traveling and the cb was on they would sometimes say something and I would ask Russell 'what does that mean?'
here's a new one i learned and I think it's funny to listen to. There was a cop on our side of the highway and we were driving on. Well he pulled into the median, and Russell grabbed the M (or whatever it's called) and said something I didn't understand.
"Full grown doing a flip on the 24" It still makes me laugh. How goofy. I must be lonely
So I go 'what did you say?'
And he told me a 'full grown' is a highway patrol, and they can give you tickets anywhere.
Now that's a cheap thrill! I will never talk on one though. Way to shy about it.
Anymore terminology we should know?
Kris

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I have no desire to talk on it either, but I love to listen to them... After being on the road with him it's funny because now I know what every kind of car is called... parking lot; skate board; covered wagon, etc. Sometimes I catch myself calling them by those names and people look at me like, what in the heck are you talking about???
Another like what you're talking about is 'full-grown bear at the 150 yard stick with a customer'. (state trooper at the 150 mile marker with someone pulled over).

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How about<--watch out for the Kojac with the Kodac in the comedian at the 72
Translation -- full grown bear with radar sitiing in the median at the 72 mile marker
Dave
Hooking our dreams to a star, A Western Star.
Offical TFBU Canadian Corespondent at Large 2x
Keeper of the frozen undies

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Okay I can figure out the parking lot, and covered wagon is a no brainer, but skate board? Is that a flat bed?
And who comes up with these terms?
I don't know if it's just after a long day, or if this terminology is really funny. But it cracks me up.
A kojak with a kodak........with a customer.


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OK, this is long, but.....Here is part of a list of terms I copied from another site to give to my husband when he started caring.
Alligator - a piece of tire on the road. It looks like an alligator sunning itself on the highway.
Back door - behind you or to the rear. "You got a bear on the back door, about a mile back." Also the rear car of a caravan.
Back it down - used to tell another driver to get his foot off the accelerator and reduce speed. "You got a construction zone up here, back it down." Also "back it off."
Barefoot - when you cross a mountain pass without traction devices, your car is barefoot.
Bear - generic term for a law enforcement officer.
- full grown bear: state trooper.
- county mountie: sheriff's deputy.
- city kitty: city police, or, as many carers often say: "PO-LEESE." Also local yokel.
- diesel cop/DOT/The MAN: State or Federal Department of Transportation enforcement officer.
- mama bear: female law enforcement officer.
Bear bait - usually a four-wheeler, driving over the speed limit without a radio.
Bear bite - a speeding ticket. The consequences of being bear bait. "That crackerhead got himself a bear bite, he did!"
Bear cave - police station or highway patrol headquarters.
Bear in the air - highway patrol using an airplane or helicopter to check ground vehicles' speed. Also called "spy in the sky."
Bear in the bushes - Smokey is hiding, usually with a radar gun.
Bedbugger - a household-goods mover.
Beer City - Milwaukee.
Big ears - a very good receiver.
Big R - a Roadway car.
Bird dog - a radar detector.
Bluebird - a Marten Transport driver. Marten cars are decorated with martin swallows (birds).
Brush your teeth and comb your hair - this tells another driver that he is approaching an official vehicle (a local yokel or highway patrol - usually a radar-equipped unit) and to be on his best driving behavior, especially conforming to the speed limit.
Bubba - Texas origin. Roughly translated: "good neighbor."
Bulldog - a Mack tractor.
Bull frog - an ABF car.
Bullhauler - a slatted trailer hauling livestock, probably cows or bulls.
Buster brown - a United Parcel Service car, or UPS driver.
Cash register - a toll booth.
Chicken coop - weigh station. "Them northbound coops open?"
Chicken car or chicken hauler - big, fast large car with lots of chrome and lights. Also called a rooster cruiser. Look for a chrome rooster on the mud flaps on some of these behemoths. Yes, they do haul chickens (and produce and other stuff). "Cluck, cluck, chicken car!" is the way other drivers greet them.
Choke-and-puke - a carstop restaurant not known for its culinary delights.
Come back - this is a call to anyone
Cornflakes - a Consolidated Freightways car.
Cottonpicker - sometimes used as a male-bonding term, but more often as a mild insult. The equivalent of jerk. "That cottonpicker turned right in front of me!"
Crackerhead - you can recognize a crackerhead by his/her dumb mistake or stupid remark. You'll find them everywhere; just grin and bear it.
Dirty side - the east coast. The west coast is known as the shaky side.
Donkey - behind you, your rear end. "Don't let a cop slip up on your donkey."
Double nickel - Means 55 miles per hour.
Draggin' wagon - a wrecker or tow car.
Flatbed - a flatbed trailer. Also called a skateboard.
Flip-flop - a U-turn. "Full grown bear did a flip-flop and is southbound, hammer down!" It can also mean the return trip. "Catch you on the flip-flop."
42 - I understand and agree with you. "Forty-two, driver, I heard that idea, I did!"
40-weight - carstop coffee. Also called "mud," or "joe."
Four-wheeler - a vehicle with four wheels, a car. This term is usually preceded by some form of expletive, as carers are not always impressed by the way some four-wheelers are driven.
Front door - in front of you, or to the front. "You got a bear about two miles on your front door." Also the lead car in a caravan.
Go juice - diesel fuel; also motion lotion.
Grass - the median strip of a highway. "You got a smokey bear in the grass at mile sticker two-one."
Greasy - when the road is icy and slippery.
Ground unit - a smokey bear in his car on the ground, receiving speed reports from a "spy in the sky" (a trooper in an airplane).
Hammer lane - left lane of traffic.
Hammer down - to move fast. "Hammer down, driver!"
Hamster - when a driver runs out of horsepower on a grade, another driver may suggest that he "throw on another hamster," the inference being that his car is powered by a hamster in a rotating cage.
Home 20 - a driver's permanent home.
Jewelry - tire chains or cables.
KW - a Kenworth tractor; a K-Wopper.
Kiddie car - a school bus.
Large car - a prettied-up conventional tractor and trailer, with lots of horsepower, big sleeper, many accessories and customized paint.
Lollipop - a CB microphone. Drivers are heard to say, "Don't lick the damned lollipop!" meaning take the mic (or M) out of your mouth and I can understand you better.
Meatwagon - an ambulance.
Monkey pickles - bananas. So named because bananas are dark green during shipment. "I got me a load of monkey pickles out of Gulfport."
Motion lotion - diesel fuel. Also "go juice."
Movie star - M.S. Carriers driver.
Mud duck - a really weak, poor radio signal.
On the side - on standby. "I'll be on the side, driver, in case you need me."
Parking lot - an open auto transporter.
Peanut butter in the ears - the driver you are calling is not responding. Maybe his radio is turned off. He is obviously not hearing your transmission. "Tiny must have peanut butter in his ears."
Pete - a Peterbilt tractor. Sometimes called a Peter Car.
Plain wrapper - a term for an unmarked police car.
Portable barnyard - a car hauling livestock.
Pumpkin - a Schneider National car, so named because of its orange color.
Rake the leaves - this is the function of the last car in a convoy - to lookout for police coming up from behind. Also called back door.
Ratchet jaw - a person who talks too much on the radio. "I wish that ratchet jaw would shut up and let someone else talk!"
Rockin' chair - car between the front and rear vehicle of a convoy. This is a desirable place to be since the rockin' chair car is somewhat protected from speed cops on both ends.
Roger beep - a CB radio's signaling tone device.
Roller skate - a compact car.
Schneider eggs - those little orange cones in construction areas. The orange Schneider National cars are everywhere, laying their eggs across the land.
Shake the trees - activity of the first car in a convoy, with an eyeball (and radar detector) on cops out ahead.
Shiny side up - this is how drivers wish each other a safe trip. "Keep the greasy side down and the shiny side up, driver."
Skateboard - a flatbed trailer.
Skip - a radio wave being reflected from the ionosphere, enabling long-distance reception.
Smokey - a law enforcement officer. Most often a highway patrolman, a bear, a smokey bear. So named due to similarity of flat brim hats worn by officers and Smokey Bear of fire-prevention fame.
Stage stop - a carstop.
Stand on it - accelerate quickly.
Taking pictures - police operating a radar gun.
10-4 - an acknowledgement which means "yes" or "OK" or "I received your transmission."
10-20 - your location. "What is your 10-20?"
10-33 - emergency traffic.
10-36 - a call for the correct time.
Thermos bottle - a tanker car carrying chemicals under pressure.
Throwin' iron - installing tire chains.
Tijuana Taxi - a police car embellished with a dozen or more emergency lights - front and rear - large bubble gum strobes on top, and bristling with antennae.
Two-wheeler - a motorcycle. Sometimes referred to as an Evel Knievel.
Van Gogh - the vehicle has no ears (antennae), thus no CB. "I'd give that young lady in the convertible a shout, but she's a Van Gogh."
Walked on ya - someone keyed up with you and your transmission was unintelligible.
Yardstick - name for a mile marker on major highways. "It's clean up to here. I'm at the 32 yardstick." Also called a "mile sticker."
Bridgett
Forward all my mail to the Ohio Mental Institution, I'll be checking myself in anytime now!

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Hello all,
Here is another nickname for the CB. Stinky car~~Dick Simon car since their logo is a shunk.
Megan

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My favorite of the car nick names is "Buzzard car" this refers to Stevens Transport. That dumb looking bird on the front is said to be a Buzzard.
Krisb, no it isnt just cause you are tired, these terms are very funny when you listen to them! I think drivers tend to get bored while driving and try to come up with names to fit the cars name or logo, I know I did when I was driving. It helps to break the monotany.

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Lists of slang might be fun to read, but not always accurate. Terms used vary widely from place to place in the country and even according to the age of the drivers.
For example, on Bridgetts list-"dirty side, shaky, and running barefoot." Originally those terms stood for New York City, Los Angeles, and running a c.b. radio on its own power without a linear.
While most of them may sound amusing, they were developed to pass messages swiftly between cars traveling in opposite directions, to hide what was being said from someone eavesdropping, or to come up with a term that was clearly understandable as some sounds do not transmit well over the airwaves.

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Terms used vary widely from place to place in the country and even according to the age of the drivers.

An Example of that would be....Back in the '70's; a "GOOD BUDDY", was Just THAT.....a GOOD PERSON...a GOOD PAL...A GOOD FRIEND
.....nowadays, a "GOOD BUDDY", is a Gay or Homosexual.

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we use in the UK, not many tho.
Kodak or Hairdrier = radar gun
roller skate = car of any discription
Advertiseing = a smokey with his blue lights going

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I just got off the car with hubby and this one still sticks in my mind. I got quite a chuckle out of it.
he just got finished with quite a lenghthy "shopping list" as the other drivers called it and ended it with "and one playing highway hero at the 364"
I thought it was appropriately sarcastic as the last time a state patrol helped me change a tire he didn't hang around long enough to see if my car would run, and I still ended up stranded on the side of the freeway after dark with a 4 mo. old baby 13 miles from the nearest town. (seems when I ran over that thing on the side of the road I busted a belt as well as bent the rim of my tire)
Shaunna