Attention new truck driver's

Tired of not knowing what those other guy is saying on the radio. Don't know your CB Lingo. Well at last here is a complete list. Well maybe not complete but quite a few.
Trucker CB Lingo

Aardvark:
A big rig with a long nose or a conventional tractor.

Alamo:
San Antonio, Texas.

Alligator:
A tire part from a blown tire on the road. Basically anything on the road that could jump up and destroy your air lines when you run over it.

Alligator Bait:
Bits and pieces of a blownout tire.

Alligator Radio Station:
A radio that can transmit ok, but receives very poorly.

Any 1,2 or 3 digit number:
Usually the mile marker on the highway where something is.

Astrodome:
Houston,Texas.

Trucker CB Lingo B:

Back Door:
Behind you or to the rear, Someone who is driving behind your vehicle watching your backside for police.

Back Out:
Finished talking, will now stop talking.

Back Quiet:
I have finished my transmission and you may proceed to run your mouth when ready

Back Row:
Bambi:
A deer or doe.

Bear:
A highway, state or county police officer,a term for a law enforcement officer

Base Station:
A home base CB Radio Operating Unit.Bear Bait:
A speeding driver.

Bear In The Air:
A police airplane or helicopter that monitors highway speeds & activates below.

Bear Trap:
Sobriety Check Point or One or more police officers are on standby waiting while another officers takes pictures with their laser or radar gun.

Bed buggers:
Moving companies like Mayflower.

Better half:
Your spouse, ie. your wife,husband,girlfriend or boyfriend.

Big D
Dallas,Texas.

Big Radio:
Means the radio is operating an illegal linear amplifier to boost the power wattage so they can talk farther away or to override someone.

Big Road:
A major interstate highway

Big-Tall Rubber:
Large 24-inch tires on a vehicle.

Big Truck:
Usually an 18 wheeler when compared to small cars & trucks, but when compared to other large trucks we are talking about a faster truck with a bigger engine.

Bingo Cards:
Paper cards that hold information about trucking permits from various states.

Bird Dog:
Any radar detector.

Bluebird:
Any Martin Company truck. Named because of bird painted on the side of the trailer.

Bobtail:
Driving without a trailer

Boogie:
Top gear.
Boss Man:
Your supervisor or dispatcher at your job

Brake Check:
A sudden slowdown in traffic, where you have to hit the brakes to keep from rear ending the vehicle in front of you.

Break:
The proper etiquette to gain access to a busy radio channel

Bubba:
An unformal version of good friend

Bull city:
Durham, North Carolina.

Bulldog:
A mack truck it looks tough and ugly.

Bull Rack:
A driver and or a truck and trailer for hauling live stock, usually cattle and you can usually smell them coming a mile away.

Bumper Sticker:
An automobile following you way too closely.

Bundled Out:
Truck is loaded very full.

Trucker CB Lingo C:

Cabbage:
A long steep incline in eastern Oregon. You smoked the brakes coming off of the Cabbage Mountain highway passage.

Capital City:
Raleigh, North Carolina.

Cash Box-Cash Register:
Usually a Toll booth on the highway or bridge.

CDL:
A Commercial Drivers License.

Channel 9:
Emergency Channel, If your lucky enough to actually find someone monitoring it.

Channel 19:
The official OTR truck driver CB channel.

Chicken Coop:
Weigh Station, State Department of Transportation run scales for measuring and inspecting trucks and drivers.

Chicken Lights:
Extra external lights on a truck & or trailer.

City Kitty:
A city Police officer or police patrol car.
Combine:
A tractor made by NaviStar International Trucks which used to be named International Harvester.

Comedian:
The middle of a divided highway called the median.
Come on, back:
Go ahead and transmit to me.

Comic Book:
A drivers log book or time keeping book required for all Over The Road commercial drivers. The record is frequently considered a joke or untrue.

Coming At You:
You have a bear coming towards you from the front.

Container:
What you call a 18 wheeler that is carrying ship cargo containers.

Corn Flakes:
A Consolidated Freightways truck driver.

CottonPicker:
A male bonding term for a friend or driving buddy.

County Mountie:
A County Sheriff or Deputy Law Enforcement Officer.

Covered Wagon:
A flat bed trailer with side kits, bows and tarp looking like a old time covered wagon.

Cowtown:
Fort Worth, Texas.

Crotch Rocket:
A fast motorcycle.

Trucker CB Lingo D:

Dead Head:
To haul an empty trailer. You have to drive somewhere to get a load.

Destruction:
Road construction work.

Detector Detector:
An electronic device used by Revenue Patrols to locate illegal radar detectors in Big Trucks.

Diesel Car:
A "real" big truck.

Diesel Cop:
D.O.T. man, D.M.V. enforcement officer.

Dispatcher Brains:
Indicates the truck is empty. Or completely full of dispatcher brains.

D.O.T.:
Initials for the Department Of Transportation, Or a bear that works commercial vehicles

Do What?:
I did not copy-understand your last transmission, would you please repeat it again, Please?

Double Nickel:
Means 55 mph.

Down Stroke:
Means going down a hill or mountain.

Dragon Fly:
A truck without enough power, drag up hill, fly down hill

Dragon Wagon:
Large Tow Truck

Driver:
A person operating a tractor trailer or any other vehicle.

Dry Box:
A dry freight trailer.

Duke City:
Albuquerque,New Mexico.

Trucker CB Lingo E:

Eighty Fifth Street:
Refers to Interstate 85.

Eighteen Wheeler:
A vehicle with at least 18 wheels on the ground Usually big trucks.

Evil Knievel:
A motorcycle police officer.

Trucker CB Lingo F:

Fire In The Wire:
This means an amplified AM. CB radio transmission.

Flip Flop:
The return trip by a driver or A U-turn by a police officer.

Foot Warmer:
Refers to a linear amplifier for a CB Radio.

Forty Two:
I understand and I agree with your last transmission.

Four Wheeler:
Specifically a passenger car or pickup truck but basically anyone who is not a trucker

FM:
An am/fm stereo.

FreightShaker:
A FreightLiner big truck.

Front door:
In front of you or to the front,"I've got your front door covered".

Full Grown-Blown Bear:
A State Trooper that is working traffic and looking for a traffic Violator.

Fuzz Buster:
What the police call a Radar Detector.

Trucker CB Lingo G:

Garbage Hauler:
A driver of a refrigerated tractor trailer hauling perishable produce.

Git on:
Entrance Ramp on the highway.

Gearjammer-Gearslammer:
A speeding truck driver, one known to accelerate/decelerate to quickly.

General Mess of Crap:
GMC trucks by made by Volvo-White.

Georgia Overdrive:
Neutral gear in the transmission.
Gold City:
Goldsboro, NorthCarolina.

Good Neighbor:
Same as driver or friend the person you are talking with on the CB.

Go To The Harley:
Put your CB radio on channel 1.

Go To Double Harley:
Put your CB radio on channel 11.

Got Your Ears On?:
Used when looking to check if someone has on their CB radio on.

Gouge On It:
Speed Up,Go faster.

Grain Hauler:
A truck and trailer built for hauling grain

Granny Lane:
The right or slow lane on any four lane road.

Greasy Side Up:
When a car or truck has flipped upside down.

Green Stamps:
Money spent at tolls.

Ground Pressure:
Weight. "The scale is checking ground pressure".

Gumball Machine:
Lights on top of any emergency vehicle.

Trucker CB Lingo H:

Hammer Lane:
The fast or inside passing lane on any four lane roadway.

Hammer Down:
Go faster,speed up or step on it.

Handle:
Your username on the CB radio.

Happy Happy:
Means have a happy new year.

Have Shutter Trouble:
To fall asleep. to close eyelids.

Hit The Jackpot:
When police lights are flashing. "Looks like the police hit the jackpot."

Home Twenty:
Dwelling, The person who's talking about home or abode.

Ho Chi Minh Trail:
California Highway 152, which has heavy traffic and has lots of accidents.

Hood:
A conventional tractor, as opposed to a cab-over tractor.

Hurricane Trucker:
A Truck Driver who operates anywhere Hurricanes Hit.

Trucker CB Lingo I:

In The Big Hole:
In top gear or high gear.

Trucker CB Lingo J:

Trucker CB Lingo K:

Kenworthless:
A Kenworth tractor truck.

Key Down:
When you try to power over someone that is transmitting on their CB radio.

Kojak with a Kodak:
A law enforcement officer with a radar gun.

Trucker CB Lingo L:

Land line:
A fixed Telephone that uses wires as opposed to a wireless cell phone.

Large Car:
A big, fancy tractor truck.

Left Coast:
The West Coast of the U.S.A.

Linear:
A linear amplifier for a CB radio.

Local or Local Information:
Call for local information usually local directions to some place.

Log Book:
A time keeping book for trucker drivers-one of the things that usually gets looked at by a police officer when going through a D.O.T. inspection.

LTL:
Classification of general cargo carriers that specialize in transporting Less Than a Truck load of cargo freight.

Trucker CB Lingo M:

Mardi Gras:
New Orleans, Louisiana.

McStop:
A McDonalds restaurant with big truck parking and clean restrooms

Meat Wagon:
An Ambulance.

Merry Merry:
Means Merry Christmas.

Mission:
A rush load.

Modulator:
A type of amplifier usually used for AM CB radio transmissions.

Momma:
Refers to a driver's wife,the mother of the speaker's children.

Motion Lotion:
Fuel for a vehicle.

Moving On:
Means you have quit jabbing at the brakes and are now driving normal.

Mud Duck:
A really weak-poor radio transmission signal.

Trucker CB Lingo N:

Ninety Fifth Street:
Refers to Interstate 95.

Nodamean:
Means do you understand what I am saying?

No Doubt:
I agree with you.

Trucker CB Lingo O:

Oak City:
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Trucker CB Lingo P:

Parking Lot:
A truck carrying automobiles,or a traffic back-up.

Peacemaker:
Usually a Church touring Bus.

Pickem Up Truck:
A 4 or 6 wheeled pick up truck.

Pickle Park:
A rest area or roadside park, often a hangout for hookers or prostitutes male & female.

Pig Hauler:
A driver and or truck and trailer built for hauling livestock, specifically hogs.

Plain White Wrapper:
An unmarked police cruiser that is a white car because if it's was brown they would say a "Plain Brown Wrapper".

Portable Scales:
Means the D.O.T. has moveable scales setup somewhere other than a normal D.O.T. Weigh Station.

Power Up:
Go faster or step on it.

Preeshaydit:
Thank you.

Pumpkin:
Schneider company trucks. So named because of their bright orange color or the orange barrels a.k.a "Schneider Eggs" in a construction area.

Trucker CB Lingo Q:



Trucker CB Lingo R:

Radio:
A Citizens Band Radio.

Radio Check:
A call to see if a radio is transmitting properly." Break one nine for a radio check".

Rascal:
Term identifying a person that is known by the person speaking.

React:
Nation wide group of volunteers who monitor channel 9 for emergency traffic calls.

Readin' The Mail:
Just listening to the CB radio.

Reefer:
A refrigerated produce trailer.

Right?:
What some truck drivers end almost every sentence with or a more commonly used "ROGER".

Road Pizza:
A badly mangled dead animal or road kill.

Roger:
Means "copy","yes" or "ok".

Roller Skate:
Any small car. Originally referred to a Volkswagen bug.

Rolling on:
Same as stepping on and moving on.

Trucker CB Lingo S:

Salt Shaker:
A snow plow which usually salts the roadway.

Sand Bagging:
Listening in on a channel without talking.

Sand Box:
A gravel bucket or trailer.

Schneider eggs:
Orange barrels used by road construction crews to block off areas. They are the same color as Schneider company trucks.

Scoot:
A Harley-Davidson motorcycle.

Sesame Street:
CB channel 19. Named so because of child-like behavior that always occurs on the air.

Seat Cover:
Someone who is sitting in a vehicle seat, Usually a very pretty female.

Shakey Side:
The West Coast of the U.S.A.

She Bear:
A female police officer.

Shootin'Skip:Usually means someone is on a side band channel using the atmosphere to carry their radio waves a very long distance.Shootin' You in the Back-Tail, Pipe-Gas tank, Rear End:
Police operating radar usually on an on ramp or overpass as you drive past them.

Short Short:
A short amount of time.

Side Piece:
Also refers to a linear CB radio amplifier.

Six Wheeler:
Any vehicle with six wheels touching the ground.

Skate Board:
Usually a flatbed trailer.

Skip:
CB radio waves that tend to be reflected off of the atmosphere so that the transmission carries a long distance.

Skins:
Vehicle Tires.

Slow Wheels In Fast Traffic:
A name for SWIFT transportation company's vehicle.

Small Rubber:
Shorter or lower 22-inch tires.

Smile:
Comb your hair you are about to have your picture taken by a police radar or laser gun.

Smokey or Smokey the Bear:
A State Highway Patrol or Federal Revenue Patrol officer.

Smoking Scooter:
A police motorcycle.

Speed Limit:
The legal set speed limit of a road.

Stagecoach:
A large passenger touring bus.

Stand On It:
Means to accelerate with quickness.

Stepping On:
Means same as moving on, or rolling on.

Sugar:
A term meaning sweet, female or male.

Sure Wish I had a Faster Truck:
Refering to the "SWIFT" company trucks.

Swamp Donkey:
An animal called a moose.

Swinging:
Carrying a load of carcass beef that is hanging from the top of a trailer making the trailer very top heavy.

Trucker CB Lingo T:

Taking Pictures:
The process of using radar or a laser gun to check and measure your vehicles speed.

Ten-Four:
Means "OK" or "YES"

Ten-Twenty:
A Location " My 10 - 20 is at mile marker 10".

Ten-Thirty Three:
Police Emergency usually an auto accident.

Ten-Thirty Six:
A request for the correct time.

Thermos Bottle:
A tanker trailer that carries liquid.

TL:
The Federal classification of a general commodity carrier that carries a full Truck Load of common cargo.

Too Many Eggs in the Basket:
Overweight vehicle.

Toothpicks:
Lumber or wood products.

Travel Agent:
A Dispatcher thats always trying to send you somewhere so the company can make money.

Triple Digit Ride:
A big truck that can exceed 99 mph.

Turkey Day:
Means Thanksgiving Day.

Turn Signal:
A light on a vehicle which indicates future direction of the vehicle's direction of movement.

Trucker CB Lingo U:

Up Stroke:
A vehicle going up hill.

Trucker CB Lingo V:

VW:
A tractor truck made by Volvo-White.

Trucker CB Lingo W:

Walked On Ya:
Someone keyed up when you did and it made your transmission unintelligible.

Waiting For You:
A police officer who is parked and waiting for traffic to drive by so they can check for violators.

Wallyworld:
Means WalMart.

West Coast Turnarounds:
Uppers,Speed,Meth,Cocaine,Benzedrine pills or any medication to keep someone awake for long periods of time. So called because a trucker could take some and drive from the East Coast of the U.S. to the West Coast, and drive back east without stopping to get any sleep. A dispatchers favorite drug for their drivers so they can make the company and dispatcher more money at the risk of the driver and general publics lives.

Whachyathink?:
Means right or correct?

Weighing Your Wagon:
The D.O.T. Scales are open and checking your vehicle weight.

Wiggle Wagons:
A Truck pulling double or triple trailers using a converter dolly.

Windy:
The city of Chicago, Illinois.

Trucker CB Lingo X:

Trucker CB Lingo Y:

Yard:
Name for a driver's company location.

Yardstick:
A mile marker alongside any highway or freeway.

YEEOOOWW BAAABBY!:
When a woman is good looking and usually not wearing much clothing you will hear this phrase.

Yonder:
A certain direction indicated by the person speaking.
If i missed any please add.