| 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 |
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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.
G-Town
Gillette, WY
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.
great attitude. i left it, i loved it, but i wont go back. be safe driver
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 !
Michigan is called the mitten state,North if the Buckeye State….
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…..
Those are awsome I got to get back on the road!!! I’ll spread the word..
“Freightshaker” – freightliner
“skateboard” flatbed without anything on it.
“washer” truck with drink logo on it (ie.. cola, beer, etc….)
michigan is called the mitten State….
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.
suicide jockey- driver hauling gas or dynamite
Loved all the entries, I have heard the Mississippi River is called the Big Ditch. Be Safe
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
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
A load of beaver biscuits is a truck hauling wood chips up here in the great white north
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
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
I don’t recall the road being the coloring book, it was always in reference to the log book.
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.
How ’bout “Local Yokel” for city cops.
choke and puke: place to eat
Another word for a small town police officer is a “local pocal”
bear in a plain *color* wrapper = unmarked cop in a certant color car
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.
zipper- white dotted center line.
you forgot:
SWINDLE SHEETS = truckers log
Y’all 4got disco lights meanin cops lights flashin
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.
One of my favs:
Kojak with a Kodak: Cop with a radar
another one for an ambulance is the bandaid box
“Brush your hair and comb your teeth, a smokey is taking pictures at the 121″ — Slow down and watch out their is a radar trap at the 121 mile maker”
“How about an eastbound 94″ Is there any east bound traffic going on I-94 (said from a west bound 94 truck looking for information)
“How’s it look over your shoulder” Any reports of a police car behind you? (said by on coming traffic)
“How about a smokey report” Any reports of a police car behind you? (said by on coming traffic)
“It’s clean and green back to the circle city” The road is without any spotted police cars back to Indianapolis.
What does “I’ve got my 10 in the wind” mean?
what does “stack them 8′s” and “10-7″ mean?
is like good to ya , stay safe , dont get cought , kinda like goodbys
Black eye = headlight out
City~Kitty – City Cop
County~Mounty – County Cop
Papa Bear – State Trooper
Peter~Car – Peterbilt
Freight~Shaker – Freightliner
Skate~Board – Flat~Bed Trailer
Step~Deck – Trailer With The Front Higher Than The Rest
Low~Boy – Equipment Trailer
Lunch~Box – Reefer Trailer
Dry~Box – Dry/Box Trailer
Chicken~Coop – Weigh Station
Hot~Box – Fire Truck Running Code
Meat~Wagon – Ambulance Running Code
“Bear~In~The~Air” – Helicopter Cop
“Wide~Open” – Chicken Coops Are Open
“Aint Nobody Home” – Chicken Coops Are Closed
Pickle~Park – Rest Area ~ Or ~ Truck Pull Off
The Hook – Flying J Travel Centers
Ice~Skatin’ – Drivin’ On Ice & Snow
Disco Lights – Emergency Vehicle Displaying Lights
Back~Her~Down – Slow Or Stopped Traffic Immediately Ahead Of You Or Who Your Talking To
Hammer~Down – Coast Is Clear For Some Speed
Granny~Lane – The Slow Lane
Hammer~Lane – The Fast Lane
Zipper – The Dotted Lines Between Lanes
Reading Brail – Riding The Rumble~Strip During Bad Weather
Swindle Sheets – Paper Log Book Sheets
Tattle~Tale Box – Quallcomm
Forgot the Tail n Hunter— means In Need of a rest stop
Truck drivers are some of the nicest people in the world. When you’re lost, they help you find your way. When you’re broke down, they call in the help for you. When there’s an accident, and no one’s around, it’s a trucker who’ll stop to help. When you’re hitchin’, a trucker provides a ride.
For the most part, truckers are courteous and careful. They watch out for each other, and they help the ‘little guy’ out too. Whenever I give way to a trucker they always blink their tail lights to say “Thanks buddy!” I thank God for truckers, and I hope to be always in their company on the road! They’re good folks!
I agree with “BigRed” Truck drivers are some of the nicest people in the world. I was hitchin’ with my son and they were very good to me. It’s always good to hear someone say that truckers are ‘good people.’ I wish more people would think that way.
@Wes All ten gears going.
“The Eye” Wheeling, WV
I have loved CB radio since I was 15 years old! I got started in the hobby in 1974 when you still had to have an FCC license “KGX-8238″ I have seen many changes on the CB band since then, When I got started in CB people were very respectful and using bad language was frowned upon, and then the CB craze of the mid 70′s began! It was AWESOME!! it was truly one of the best times of my life, I made a lot of good friends that I still have today! I loved the huge “Coffey Breaks” (A huge meeting of fellow CB’ers at a restaurant) It was truly a great social event that stared people talking to each other as never before! It was the original Facebook or MySpace long before the internet! It also for the first time gave the public a new understanding of the hard working truck drives of America! and the challenges they face everyday, Also movies like “Smokey and the bandit” and songs like “Convoy” pushed the CB craze over the top! I only hope future generations will someday rediscover how much fun CB radio is! By comparison today’s methods of social networking over the internet is huge! but texting, chat-rooms and Facebook all lack the fun excitement of CB radio that we all experienced!
So if your an old CB’er from way back, or new to CB radio, go to a garage sale and pick up a radio for $10.00 and get on the air!! It’s not as huge as it once was, but the people who are still on the air that keep the hobby alive are for the most part great people! Pick up the mic and meet a few of them!!! “You wont be disappointed!”
G-Vegas – greenville, sc
just got a new cb. its a simple midland 1001z but i love it already!
I heard a couple of things that I can’t seem to find on the net. “Driving dead in the kitchen” and “driving in the cradle” Like to understand these.
SAIL BOAT FUEL…. Running Empty
DISPATCHERS BRAINS……Running Empty
COMIC BOOK…….. Log Book
DOUBLE NICKLE……55 MPH
DOIN THE DEAL…… Speed Limit
PARKIN LOT…………Car Hauler
F@$%ING MORONS………Swift Drivers
TRUCK MASTER………….Brand New CDL Graduates
HIGH SPEED CHICKEN FEED…………….Cocaine
There are really way too many to even mention. As A 20 year vet I’ve seen and heard alot of crap on the radio. I still enjoy listening to it and from time to time participating in the jibberish on it. Every time I turn it on it seens as if its the same ol crap that these young new drivers are whining about or “know everything about” but occasionally I will hear an old timer still out here living his dream or stuck in his own nightmare but either way its fun to listen to them. As I said before, after 20 years I still learn a few things from these old guys and I appreciate them and the traditions they have created. If you’re young and think you know it all, just shut yer pie hole a minute and let the old guys teach you a thing or three. It will be a valuable lesson if you listen carefully and just take it with a grain of salt.
Greasy Spoon – a diner
@wes (&kalbury) I think you’re mishearing “tin in the wind” (i.e. Jerry Reed, “Westbound/Eastbound and Down.”) You’re on the way, your truck (all of its metal) is going down the road.
The bridge- george washington bridge
The corkscrew- ramp from major deegan i87 to the cross bronx i95
Merry-go-round- scale at the 95-495 split in md
Hugging the steering wheel- nervous driver, usually in the northeast for the first time
Lie book- log book
Hole in the wall = Tunnel
Corn Binder or 13 Letter Sh1t Spreader = International truck
Jimmy = GMC truck
air ride = suspension on the truck or on the seats
Box seat = non air ride seat
Condo = truck with double bunk over and under beds
day cab = truck that is short haul without a sleeper berth
container = a trailer that detaches from the frame and can be transported by rail
Pig Pen = hog trailer
Thermo King = Refrigeration unit on a trailer
Thick as bugs on a bumper = a lot
Needing to squirt the dirt = needing a break to urinate
Party Row = Back row of truck stop
OK city = Oklahoma City
Loop = Bypass around major cities
Recreational Reptile/ Lot Lizard = hooker
100 MPH pencil = used by dispatcher who schedules loads faster than the truck can deliver
Cop Shop = Police headquarters
Shaky Town = Los Angeles
Cloverleaf = Intersection between 2 major highways
Pigtail = Electrical connection between truck and trailer
Recap = Tire that has had tread replaced
Check my eyelids for cracks = Going to sleep
Giving my pillow some head = Sleeping
Clown Car = Load of day laborers carpooling
Yardstick – mile marker
20 – location
Portable parking lot – car transport
Malfunction junction – Knoxville, TN
“Piggy-back” – One truck hauling another, minus the trailer (s).
Ballet Slipper = convertible compact car
Didn’t hear “Roach Coach” in there anywhere (insulated jobsite food truck)
Or Jumpy Juice (coffee)
Waterin’ hole (bar)
Makin sparks, bumper grinder (overweight)
Road train (truck hauling 2+ tandem trailers)
Pencil pusher (logging truck)
masshole (idiot driver from MA or RI)
Before winter (fall/autumn)
Winter (winter)
After winter (spring)
Road work (summer)
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