truck drivers once had highly elaborate , colorful vocabulary of slang use on cb radios, high turnover in industry in recent decades, has vanished. of newer generation of drivers in u.s. today speak 1 on cb radios (or other similar communication devices) in more or less standard english (as understood in various regions of country), although few of slang words , phrases have remained, , many of these have passed use in colloquial language of general public.
smokey and/or bear still used refer police officers, state patrolmen, , diesel bear dot officer, though many new-school drivers merely police, policeman , cop . hammer refers accelerator pedal, , hammer lane left lane or passing lane on freeway, in traffic travels faster. handle , meaning nickname, once exclusively truck-driver slang, has passed common use public, pseudonyms used on internet forums.
most of ten codes have fallen or disuse, except 10/4, meaning message received, affirmative, okay, understood, , 10/20, referring driver s location, (e.g., s 20? )
often older truck drivers speaking on cb radios frustrated @ new-school truck drivers lack of understanding of trucking slang of 60s, 70s , 80s, , grudgingly resort standard english when communicating them. today slang gone, , companies such swift transportation consider cb safety hazard , prohibit installation of cb radio in tractors.
some truck-driver slang
alligator/ gator – section of tire casing constituting hazard
a bobtail truck tractor
barbershop – bridge lower 13 6 [4m 11 cm] (standard minimum height on interstates , state highway systems controlled-access designation) scrape off top portions of tractor-trailer rig
big sign – closed sign weigh stations
bull wagon – truck , trailer hauling live stock
customer – police pulled on
bobtail – tractor no trailer
chicken hawk – male prostitute
city kitty – city police.
cab-over – truck designed cab positioned on engine, instead of behind it
coloring book/comic book – terms used describe hos paper log, stems days of multiple logs prior electronics.
comeback? – what? beg pardon? repeat that, please?
coop – (re: chicken coop ) weigh station, due resemblance of small offices chicken coops
county mountie – constable, county sheriff or sheriff s deputy (from earlier slang mounted policeman , policeman on horseback)
deadhead – tractor pulling empty trailer; miles covered while pulling empty trailer called deadhead miles
double-nickel – 55 mph [90 km/h] (in more common use during 1974–87 era of national maximum speed law; u.s. five-cent coin popularly [though not officially] called nickel because of metallic content)
dummy book – pamphlet or brochure explaining truck-driver slang, distributed @ truck stops in 70s , 80s , in few bookstores (this list called dummy book )
four-wheeler – passenger vehicle, pickup truck
full grown – state trooper or dmv officer
freightshaker – freightliner trucks
granny lane – lane farthest right designated slower traffic
hammer lane – lane farthest left
hammer down – traveling extremely fast
in middle – parked on median, location of speed trap or broken-down vehicle
in face – associated police pointing direction (shooting you) using radar
kitty smirk – when female truck driver flirts male truck driver
little sign – open sign weigh stations, referred little word
lot lizard – prostitute, 1 frequents truck stops
on door – vehicle behind you, commonly referred on tail
parking lot – auto-transport truck, referred portable parking lot
piggy bank/cash box – toll plaza
pickle park – state highway rest area
plain wrapper – unmarked law enforcement vehicle, commonly referred color of wrapper such plain brown wrapper
porch light – light on of truck
smokey bear – police officer, used because of resemblance between police officer s campaign hat, , of forest service s smokey bear mascot, commonly referred bear
shooting – law-enforcement officer using speed-detection device or radar gun, example: shooting in face , or shooting exhaust (from rear)
six wheeler – vehicle single rear axle dual tires
skateboard – flatbed trailer
taking pictures – law-enforcement officer using speed-detection device or radar gun, commonly when using camera radar.
tanker yanker – tanker rig or driver
train – rig pulling double/triple trailers
yardstick – mile marker
the zipper – dashed lane markings
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