| City | Trucker’s City Nickname |
| Amarillo, TX | Big A |
| Boston, MA | Bean-Town |
| Chicago, IL | Windy City |
| Chattanooga, TN | Choo-Choo |
| New York, NY | Big Apple |
| Charlotte, NC | Queen City |
| Detroit, MI | Motor City |
| Los Angeles, CA | Shaky-Town |
| Indianapolis, IN | Indy 500 |
| Knoxville, TN | K-Town |
| Louisville, KY | Derby City |
| Dallas, TX | The Big D |
| Nashville, TN | Guitar |
| San Francisco, CA | Gay Bay |
| Kansas City, KS | Bright Lights |
| Reno, NV | Sin City |
| St Louis, MO | Gateway |
| Tampa, FL | Cigar City |
| San Antonio, TX | Alamo City |
| Birmingham, AL | B Town |
| Milwaukee, WI | Beer Town |
| Durham, NC | Bull City |
| Houston, TX | The Dome |
| Atlanta, GA | Watermelon 500 |
| Trucker’s CB Lingo: |
CB Lingo Explanation |
| Alligator | Blown Tire In Road |
| Alligator Radio | CB With “ALL Mouth and NO Ears” |
| Ankle Biter | Small Child |
| Antler Alley | Deer Crossing |
| Baby Bear | Rookie Cop |
| Back Door | Behind You |
| Back Door Closed | Rear Of Convoy Covered From Police |
| Back ‘em Up | Slow Down |
| Backslide | Return Trip |
| Back Off The Hammer | Slow Down |
| Back Out | Driver Has Finished Talking |
| Bear | Police Officer |
| Barefoot | Using An Unmodified CB |
| Base Station | Radio At A Fixed Location |
| Bear In The Air | Police In Helicopter |
| Bear Bait | Speeding Car |
| Bear Cave | Police Station |
| Bear Trap | Stationary Police W/Radar |
| Beaver | Female |
| Bean Popper | Pill Popper |
| Big R | Roadway Express Truck |
| Bikini State | Florida |
| Big Slab OR Big Road | Interstate |
| Better Half | Significant Other (Wife) |
| Blew My Doors Off | Passed With Great Speed |
| Catch Ya On The Flip Flop | See Ya On Return Trip |
| Full Grown Bear | Highway Patrol |
| County Mounty | Sheriff |
| Clean Shot | Road Is Clear Of Police Ahead |
| City Kitty | City Police |
| Comin In Loud & Proud | Strong CB Signal |
| Bulldog | Mack Truck |
| Bumper Sticker | Car Too Close To Bumper |
| Cash Register | Toll Booth |
| Chicken Coup | Weigh Station |
| Chicken Lights | Extra Lights On A Truck |
| Comedian | Center Median Strip |
| Comic Book | Trucker’s Log Book |
| Covered Wagon | Flatbed Truck With Sides And A Top Cover |
| Diesel Cop | DOT |
| Better Half | Spouse |
| Big Road | Interstate |
| Bird Dog | Radar Detector |
| Big Hole | Top Gear |
| Bobtail | Driving Tractor With NO Trailer Attached |
| Brake Check | Traffic Is Slowing Ahead, Possibly To A Stop |
| Break | Need Others To Quit Talking On CB To Ask A Question |
| Chicken Coup | Weigh Station |
| Crotch Rocket | Motorcycle |
| Deadhead | Drive An Empty Truck and Trailer To Get A Load Elsewhere |
| Dispatcher Brains | Hauling A Very Light OR Empty Trailer |
| Dragon Fly | A Truck Who “Drags” Up a Hill And “Flies” Down |
| Double Nickel | 55 Miles Per Hour |
| Dry Box | A Plain Freight Trailer With NO Refrigerator, etc. |
| Evil Kenevil | Motorcycle Cop |
| Flip Flop | U-turn OR Return Trip |
| Four Wheeler | Car |
| Freight Shaker | Freightliner Truck |
| Georgia Overdrive | Put Into Neutral Going Down A Hill To Increase Speed |
| Good Buddy | Now Used As A Term For A Homosexual |
| Granny Lane | Slow Lane |
| Greasy Side Up | A Car With It’s Wheels In The Air |
| Ground Pressure | Weight Of A Truck |
| Hammer Lane | Left Lane [Fast Lane] |
| Hammer Down | Move Faster |
| Hand | Driver |
| Handle | CB Nickname |
| Home 20 | Your Home |
| Landline | Wired Telephone |
| Large Car | Very Fast, Nice Truck |
| Left Coast | West Coast |
| Meat-wagon | Ambulance |
| Motion Lotion | Diesel |
| Parking Lot | A Truck Hauling Cars |
| Pickle Park | Rest Area |
| Pole Cat | Skunk |
| Radio Check | Does My Radio Work? |
| Sesame Street | CB Channel 19 |
| Salt Shaker | Snow Plow |
| Shooting You In The Back | Police Who Is Backed Up Out Of Sight Hitting You With Radar Where You Can’t See |
| Short Short | Short Time |
| Shake The Bushes | Run Ahead Of Others To Lure Out The Bears |
| Stand On It | Stand On The Fuel Pedal |
| Taking Pictures | Police Using Radar |
| 10-4 | OK/Copy |
| 10-33 | Emergency |
| 10-20 | Location |
| 10-36 | What Is Correct Time |
| Travel Agent | Dispatcher |
| Triple Digit Ride | Truck That Can Exceed 100 MPH |
| Turkey Day | Thanksgiving |
| Yard | Trucking Terminal |
| Yard Stick | Mile Marker |
| Wally World | Wal-Mart |
| Wiggle Wagons | Double OR Triple Trailer Trucks |
Trucker Slang and CB Radio Lingo
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They left out 10-100 for bathroom break
and pumpkin for Schneider truck
Aw shoot, the truckers don’t use the CB anymore anyway. They have GPS for directions and cell phones for communication. High tech rednecks.
Don’t get me wrong, I drove them things for 23 years and wouldn’t trade any of them for home time.
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G-Town
Gillette, WY
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Some of us still use cbs, I wouldn’t run without one. It’s my best friend besides diesel smoke… At 24 I keep the trucker tradition alive… The way trucking used to be. Courteous, helping out others, picking up thumbers, and cb jabbing. My comic books are always funny, and I roll my hills in Georgia overdrive. I was taught to drive this way. I can only hope maybe we can get things back the way they were long before I was a twinkle in my daddys eye. Keep the dream alive.
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a former Reply:
January 7th, 2010 at 5:20 pm
great attitude. i left it, i loved it, but i wont go back. be safe driver
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Craig Muir Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 10:25 pm
I agree with you good buddy, im trying to do the same over here in the UK. Im thinkin about moving to the USA as automatic gearboxes are taking over and it aint good atall, automatics are for sissys! Keep her lit good buddy ,Over and out !
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Michigan is called the mitten state,North if the Buckeye State….
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SEAT COVER – Female passenger
CONESTOGA – Flatbed trailer with ribs and soft top
GREASY STUFF – Snow or Ice
KEEP THE SHINY SIDE UP & THE RUBBER SIDE DOWN – Have a safe trip
LOT LIZARD – Truck stop hooker
THROW SOME ROPE – Secure a flatbed load
ZIPPER – The broken highway center line (Oversize lingo)
TOPPED IT – Hit an overhead object with truck, trailer or load
KEEP THE LEFT DOOR CLOSED – Get to work!
NORTH BOUND IN THE SOUTH BOUND! – Wrong way driver
THE HOOK – Flying J truck stop
And finally… THERE’S A DROP-TOP IN THE HAMMER LANE WITH A SEATCOVER HEADING FOR THE OWL – Convertible car in the fast lane with female passenger with hooters…..
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Ryan Art Reply:
March 13th, 2010 at 10:04 pm
Those are awsome I got to get back on the road!!! I’ll spread the word..
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“Freightshaker” – freightliner
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“skateboard” flatbed without anything on it.
“washer” truck with drink logo on it (ie.. cola, beer, etc….)
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michigan is called the mitten State….
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For those of us in or from the midwest where there are an abundance of cattle:
Bullrack / Cattlewagon: Trailer built to haul livestock
Salad Bar: Stockyards
Fat Ladies: Cows Headed to Stockyard to fatten up before going to slaughter.
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suicide jockey- driver hauling gas or dynamite
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Loved all the entries, I have heard the Mississippi River is called the Big Ditch. Be Safe
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Care bear: construction cop
Petercar: peterbilt
K Whop\ K Dub: Kenworth
Kitty cat: caterpillar motor
Polar bear: unmarked white cop car
Cb rambo: all talk, no show
Rocking chair\ cradle: two truckers who let you slide in between them on the highway…one in front of ya and one behind.
Driving by braille…..using the bump strip to guide you.
Fog line: solid white line on the highways.
Hook truck: tow truck with a sling.
Mexas: Texas (self explanatory)
Utardians: bad Utah drivers
New sneakers: new tires\ treads
18 wheels connected and always rolling forward 10.4?
Happy trails drivers!! Catch ya on the flip side
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hah thanks guys im goin on a roadtrip and needed to kknow the lingo this site is great.
And dont forget this one… COFFIN DODGER= Old Person Driving Too Slow
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A load of beaver biscuits is a truck hauling wood chips up here in the great white north
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These are some good one’s thats for sure..hoe about
Pickle park (rest area)
and lets not forget the
Sugar bear ( Lady cop )
and I heard a good one about why 4-wheelers drive like morons.
They are less afraid of dying then we are of loosing our jobs..
8’s and 6’s and all the good numbers to ya.. keep it between the ditches and be safe driver
I’m gone
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Crotch rocket = Sports motorcycle
Kitty Whopper = Kenworth
13 Letter S**t Spreader = International truck
Radio Rambo = All mouth and disapears when you get close
Front Door = Riding your direction but farther ahead of you
Bucket Truck = Dump truck
Coal Bucket/Car/Box = Truck with dump trailer
“Here Kitty Kitty” spoken as if you were actually calling a cat = Where are the ladies/female truck drivers
Crayon = Vehicle
Broken crayon = vehicle in an accident
Coloring book = the road or highway (referring to staying between the white and yellow “lines”)
Yahoo = Idiot doing stupid things on the road (cutting people off, swerving, etc.) and on the CB (usually stereotyping people from midwestern states)
Zipper lane = The lane were two roads merge
Split = Where two routes break away from each other in different directions
Chicken truck = Junky truck, truck with lots of lights/stickers/pictures, truck hauling chickens
Lunch Box = Box truck with refrigeration unit
The house = Home
Dog box = insulated/padded (not very well) engine cover in cabover trucks, bunks, sleepers
Dog house = In trouble with wife
The Mrs. = Usually the wife of older drivers or the wife that wear the pants.
Eye ball = Head light
Blinker fluid = Turn signals (usually refering to the lack of or non-use of signals)
Confusion lights = Emergency flashers ( usually referring to a four wheeler on the side of road with a map not knowing which way they’re going)
Back em up = written at top should be Back em down = slow down slow speed of heavy traffic or stop ahead
How about ya (example: west bound) = Does anyone have thier radio on I’m looking for some information
Break down lane = Shoulder lane
Get off ramp/lane = exit ramp
get off = exit
get on = merge lane onto a highway
little road = secondary road usually single lane
single stack trash mack with a window in the back = Mack truck day cab (usually worn out and dirty)
SWIFT = Sure Wish I had a Fast Truck
Mash on your motor = Speed up the road is clear up to where I am , hurry up I’m not waiting all day for you
Vulva = Referring to a driver as being a sissy because he drives a Volvo tractor
Covered wagon = Flatbed with tarps on, flatbed with side kit and full tarp pulled across
Hot load = A long way to go and a short time to get there
Banana wagon = Bright yellow truck
Bagle = Bagle a food that most office jockeys eat, dispatcher
Ice skate = Truck from Canada
donut = donut, food of choice for bears on break
Pen=Pen
I’ve been on the road to long
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Young WF rides cradle west out of Houston to SA.
Bored by the ride, pulling out of cradle, Front Trucker taps brakes, Back Trucker hits lights; WF returns to cradle.
Second attempt, bored to the gourd, WF started to pull out of cradle; Truckers repeat the signals..
Third attempt, WF pulls out of cradle, hits the pedal to the medal reaching the front bumper of Front Trucker. No wonder, these guys aren’t p….g in the wind, there’s a State Patrol car sitting on the First Truckers’ bumper. Laughing, the WF brakes and returns to the cradle; it’s a soft easy ride to San Antonio. True Story.
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How ’bout “Local Yokel” for city cops.
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choke and puke: place to eat
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Another word for a small town police officer is a “local pocal”
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bear in a plain *color* wrapper = unmarked cop in a certant color car
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It’s good to see the lingo hasn’t changed much. My 1986 Lincoln Mark VI had a built in CB. This was way cool as I was doing a lot of cross-country trips at the time. I also had a CB in my Bronco at the time.
I remember running with a triple digit ride across Nevada at 0200, averaging 110-120 the whole way; we chatted most of the way and luckily never ran across a trooper. I finally ran out of gas; he didn’t.
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zipper- white dotted center line.
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you forgot:
SWINDLE SHEETS = truckers log
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Y’all 4got disco lights meanin cops lights flashin
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I drive a lot between BC and Alberta in my Dodge 2500. No not a big truck I know. I love and appreciate the way the old time truckers know exactly what they are doing on the road. Respectful, law abiding, let you in, etc! I respect them old boys as they respect me! I also love how some of the trucks look. They really take care of them not like some of the new different drivers.
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One of my favs:
Kojak with a Kodak: Cop with a radar
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