Trucker's nick name for various thing on the road

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  1. IROCUBabe

    IROCUBabe Road Train Member

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    Or a generally straight female? :biggrin_25520:
     
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    Choke n Puke - Bad Resturaunt
    Pickle Park - Rest Area
    Monfort Lane - Left lane (oops old school):biggrin_2551:
     
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    LOL I remember the Monfort lane. Can't be that old school. I ain't that old. Am I?

    Big R -- roadway (maybe old school too)

    Mechanical Indian -- electronic flashing arrow sign

    Gut Wagon/Garbage Wagon -- catering truck

    Bean Bandit -- Hopper Bottom
     
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    maybe posted earlier, but....
    skinny road, little road, through the woods = off the interstate.
     
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    full grown (bear)=state police
    bird dog barking= radar detector going off
    polar bear= ohio state trooper (they are All white hard to see in a snowy median)
     
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    city kitty= local police
    county mountie= county sheriff
    big word's out=scale closed
    rollin' ya across= not having to actually STOP on scale
    weighing your wagon= having to stop on scale to weigh
    doin' that deal= officers at scale checking logs or doing alot of inspections
    locked up nobody home=scale closed nobody there
     
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    band-aid buggy, meat wagon= ambulance
    hauling dispatcher brains, dehydrated water= empty trailer
    crashville=nashville
    yard sticker=mile marker
    just put the (insert # here) in my back pocket=just passed that mile marker
    i myself call joplin Mo. J-MO LOL
    livestock hauler= rolling ranch(my name for them) or bullrack
     
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    I found this site yesterday. This is from a HAM radio guy, so some of these are used more in that line (I'm assuming), but there are some trucker slang terms on here too.

    CB Slang

     
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    i was west of flagstaff tonite on I40 and some guy on the radio said there was a mexican christmas tree in the right lane! when i got up there it was a tumble weed the size of a honda!
     
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    HERE IN SOUTH LOUISIANA, WE CALL IT THE "NEUTRAL GROUND" :yes2557: