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| | BREAKER ~ BREAKER l A thru F | | Ever notice the way Truckers talk, you need a dictionary
to understand them...well hopefully this will help. | A
"Aardvark"-A Kenworth T-600 (also known as an anteater)
"Ace"-A class A trucker
"Advertising"-Highway patrol with their lights on
"Affirmative"-Yes, or 10-4.
"Alley Cat"-Another way to describe a less than sophisticated but pretty lady
"Alligator"-Large piece of tire on the road
"Alligator radio/station"-A radio that can transmit well, but has poor reception - the radio is like an alligator in that it is "all mouth and no ears". | B
"Back door"-Behind you or to the rear
"Back it Down"-Slow up...Traffic ahead
"Back out"-I have finished talking and will now unkey
"Back row"-The area at some truck stops where hookers hang out. "Bambi"-Deer (dead or alive)
"Barbershop"-A low overpass
"Barefoot"-When you cross a mountain pass without traction devices
"Base station or base"-A fixed location CB transceiver (not mobile). "Bear"-Generic term for a law enforcement officer
- full blown bear, state trooper
- countie mountie, sheriff's deputy
- city kitty, city police
- diesel cop/D.O.T. man, D.M.V. enforcement
- mama bear: female law enforcement officer
"Bear bait"-Leader in a group of trucks or a speeder
"Bear bite"-A speeding ticket
"Bear cave or den"-Police station on the highway
"Bear in the air"-Overhead highway patrol
"Bear in the bushes"-Smokey is hiding, usually with a radar gun
"Bear report"-Asking for the location of cops
"Bedbuggers"-A house-hold goods moving companies
"Better half"-A driver's spouse. Momma-wife/Daddy-husband "Big ears"-A very good receiver
"Big R"-A Roadway truck.
"Big Road"-Interstate system
"Big/tall rubber"-24 inch tires
"Big Truck"-A Conventional 18 wheeler - all dudded up diesel trucks
"Bingo cards"-Paper cards that hold trucking permits from different states
"Bird Dog"-A radar detector
"Bluebird"-A Martin Truck company's truck. Named because of bird painted on the side of the trailers
"Bluelight special"-Cop with a vehicle on the side of the road
"Boardwalk"-A bumpy road
"Bobtail"-Traveling without a trailer
"Boogie"-Top gear
"Boss man"-Your immediate superior/supervisor at work
"Boulevard"-An interstate highway, also "big road."
"Box"-A linear amplifier, also called a footwarmer This device boosts a CB transmitter's power well beyond the maximum allowed by the Federal Communications Commission
"Boy scouts"-State police
"Brake check"-Traffic that is slowing down. It seems that four wheelers will hit their brakes and slow down in the middle of the
interstate for no apparent reason Jamming on your brakes in traffic
"Break"-Break-in the CB
"Break-19"-I want to talk (on channel 19)
"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"-A not-so-formal version of good neighbor
"Bubble trouble"-Tire problem
"Bug out"-To leave a channel
"Bulldog"-Mack truck
"Bull frog"-An ABF truck.
"Bullhauler"-A slatted trailer hauling livestock, cows or bulls.
"Bumper sticker"-Car following to close
"Bundled out"-Trailer is fully loaded
"Buster brown"-A United Parcel Service truck, or UPS driver.
"Buttermilk"-Any beer
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"Cabbage"-A long steep incline in eastern Oregon
"Cabover"-A truck with no hood, the cab is over the engine
"Camera"-Police radar unit
"Coal bucket"-Dump trailer for coal
"Cash register"-Toll booth
"Channel 9"-Emergency Channel
"Channel 19"-The unofficially official "truckers" channel.
"Checking my eyelids for pinholes"-Growing sleepy
"Chews and spews"-Trucker resturant/coffee shop
"Chicken coop"-Truck weigh station
"Chicken lights"-Extra lights on a truck
"Chicken ranch"-A brothel
"Chicken truck or chicken hauler"-A 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 truck!" is the way other drivers greet them
"Choke-and-puke"-A truckstop restaurant not known for its culinary delights.
"City kitty"-Woman city police officer
"Citizen"-Someone who is not a trucker
"Clean shot"-No highway patrol around
"C.O.E."-Cab over engine.
"Come back"-Return call or repeat/this is a call to anyone listening
"Come on"-Back to you only/go ahead and transmit
"Comedian"-The median strip.
"Comic book"-Truck drivers log book
"Concrete cowboy"-A trucker
"Container"-A shipping container for overseas shipping
"Conventional"-Refers to a conventional tractor, one with a hood, as opposed to a cabover engine type
"Copy"-I'm in receipt of your radio transmission
"Corn flakes"-A (defunct) Consolidated Freightway truck
"Cottonpicker"-A male bonding term for a friend of yours (positive sense) can also be used as a mild insult, the equivalent of "jerk" ( in a derogatory sense).
"Country Cadillac"-Tractor trailer
"County mounty"-Highway patrol
"Covered wagon"-Any trailer covered with a tarp
"Convoy"-A line of trucks traveling together
"Cowboy"-Truck driver who constantly changes lanes at high speeds
"Crackerhead"-You can recognize a crackerhead by his/her dumb mistake or stupid remark. You'll find them everywhere; just grin and bear it
"Crotch rocket"-Motorcycle
"Cub Scouts"-A sheriff's deputies.
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"Dark 30"-Nighttime
"Dead Head"-To haul an empty trailer. Driving empty means you usually are not getting paid for the trip, you have to drive some
where to get a load.
"Destruction"-Road Construction
"Diesel Cop"-D.M.V. enforcement
"Dirty side"-The east coast
"Do it to it"-Speed up
"Donkey"-Behind you, your rear end
"D.O.T. man"-D.M.V. enforcement
"Doubles"-Double trailers. Also called wiggle wagons or widowmakers
"Double Harley"-Channel 11 on the CB
"Double nickel"-Traveling at 55 MPH
"Do what?"-I did not copy/understand your last transmission, please repeat it
"Down stroke"-To downshift and handle the downgrade
"Dragonfly"-A truck with no power
"Draggin wagon"-Tow Truck
"Driver"-Refers to the person you were talking to
"Drop the hammer"-Press the accelerator to the floor
"Dry box"-Freight trailer
"Dry Dock"-Freight sitting on a dock
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"Eat-em-up"-Truck stop cafe
"Eighteen Wheeler"-Tractor/trailer ubit with 18 wheels
"Evil Kenivel"-Motorcycle cop
"Eyeball"-To view | F
"Fat Load Overload-Carrying more weight than local state law allows
"Feed the bears"-Receive a ticket
"Fire in the wire"-An amplified AM transmission or linear amplifer
"Flappers"-Ears
"Flat Bed"-A flat bed truck
"Flip flop"-A U-Turn(by a cop) or trucker's return trip
"Fluff stuff"-Snow
"FM"-am/fm radio (the term radio by itself refers to the CB)
"Fog lifter"-Interesting CB'er
"Foot Warmer"-Refers to a linear amplifier
"40-weight"-Truckstop coffee. Also called "mud," or "joe."
"Forty two"-I understand and agree with you
"Four wheeler"-Anyone who is not a trucker (specifically-cars)
This is term is usually preceded by some form of an expletive (i.e. a "swear word") as truckers are not always impressed by the way some four wheelers drive. This term is not always meant in a bad way as truckers call all cars four-wheelers cars or pickup
"Freightshaker"-A Freightliner truck
"Front door"-In front of you or to the front or the lead truck in a
convoy
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