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Lost Art of CB Lingo: X, Y, Z
Monday, June 29th, 2009
This is it. We’ve reached the end of the road. Come to the last stop on the alphabet highway. By now you should have a real handle of the CB lingo and hopefully you’ve enjoyed the ride along the way.
So, without further adieu here’s your final language lesson featuring the letters X-Y-Z:
X
XYL – The wife of a CB’er
YL – Young lady, Miss
Y
Youngville – Young children using the channel
You got it – Letting another station know he has the “floor”.
You gone? – Are you still there?
Your telephone is ringing – Someone is calling for you.
Z
Z’s – Sleep
You can get a dictionary full of terms from the book, Woody’s World of CB.
10-4 from Hotlanta
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Lost Art of C-B Lingo: U-W
Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009
We took a little a little time off from our CB dictionary so we could gas up for the final stretch home, but we’re back and ready to help our fellow fleet managers wrap up the last few letters of the alphabet in the CB lingo language lesson. So put the pedal to the metal as we barrel through the letters U-V-W:
U
U.C.B.T.A. – United CB Truckers Association
Ungowa Bwana – O.K.
Uncle Charlie – FCC
Use the Jake – Slow down
V
Valve -Tube
V.F.O. – Variable Frequency Oscillator
VOX – Voice operated relay. Allows the operator to transmit with the sound of his voice, rather than using a microphone push-to-talk switch.
W
Walking in here blowing smoke – Clear signal.
Wall-to-wall bears – Police are everywhere.
Warden – The wife, the FCC
Watch the pavement – Drive safely
Watch your donkey – Police are coming up behind you.
Water hole – Truck stop
Wear your bumper out – Following too close.
What’s your twenty? – What is your location?
Wilco Roger – affirmative.
Wind Jammer – A long winded CB’er
Work Twenty – Place of employment.
Check back with us next week when we reach our destination with the letters X-Y-Z, or you can get a dictionary full of terms from the book, Woody’s World of CB.
10-4 from Hotlanta
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Lost Art of C-B Lingo: S – T
Monday, June 1st, 2009
It’s that time of the week to pop in a Willie Nelson 8-track and roll through the next set of letters in our CB dictionary. By now, fleet managers from sea to shining sea should be able to talk the talk when they’re putting the pedal to the medal, but we can’t stop until we get to the end of the road, so without further adieu here’s you lingo for the through weeks featuring the letters S-T:
S
Sailboat fuel – Running on empty
Salt mines – Place of employment
Scrub brush – Street cleaning truck
Shot an eyeball on it – Saw it
Shovelling coal – Accelerating
Show-off lane – Passing lane
Skates – Tires
Smile and comb your hair – Radar trap up ahead
Smokey Bear – State Police
Smokey with a camera – Cop with radar
Someone spilled honey on the road – State troopers ahead everywhere
Stop to get groceries – Stop and eat
Straight Shot – Road is clear of police and other obstructions
Sunbeam – A CB’er who livens the channel with witticisms
T
Tearjerker – A CB’er who always cries the blues
Tooled-up – A souped up rig
Trading Stamps – Money
Turkey – Dumb
Turn Twenty – Location of exit or turn
Two miles of ditches for every mile of road – Drive safely, keep in the middle
Check back with us next week for a run down of the letters U-V-W, or you can get a dictionary full of terms from the book, Woody’s World of CB.
10-4 from Hotlanta
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The Lost Art of CB Lingo: N-O
Friday, May 8th, 2009
Happy Friday to you good buddy, we’ve got your next installment of cb lingo and it’s covered in nightcrawlers. So put one foot out the door and one on the floor and get ready for N-O!
N
Nail it down – Pinpoint or recollect
Nap Trap – Place to sleep
Negative – No
Negative Copy – Didn’t hear
Negatory – No
Neon, Freon, Ion Jockey – Truck driver with many lights on his rig
Nightcrawlers – Many police in the area
Ninety Weight – Liquor
Nodding off – Getting tired
Nobody knows where the teddy bear goes – State troopers criss-crossing the freeway
Numbers – Best wishes. “3’s and 8’s”
O
Oil burner – Diesel truck
On the by – Listening, not talking
On the side – Standing by, available for a call, listening on frequency. O.M. (old man) – A CB’er
On a [insert city name] Turn – i.e.- “I’m on an Alamo turn” (I’ll make my return from San Antonio).
One foot on the floor, one hanging out the door, and she just won’t do no more – Full speed.
Open Season – Cops are everywhere
Out – Through transmitting
Outdoor TV – Drive-in movie
Over – Your turn to transmit
Over and out – Closing the transmission
Check back with us next week for a run down of the letters P-Q-R, or you can get a dictionary full of terms from the book, Woody’s World of CB.
10-4 from Hot-lanta
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Lost Art of CB Lingo: I-K
Friday, April 24th, 2009
Breaker, breaker, one-nine, we got ourselves a convoy this week. We’re running 3 letters down the alphabet highway, so get out of the way for cb lingo from letters I-J-& K.
I
Ice Box – Refrigerated trailer.
In a short – Real soon
In the mud – Noise or other signals on the channel
In the Pokey with Smokey – Arrested
Invitations -Traffic citations, tickets
J
Jack – CB term for brother or friend
Jack Rabbit – Police of any kind
Jewelry – Lights on a rig
John Law – Cop
Juke Joint – Small, inexpensive eating or drinking place
K
Keep ‘em Between the Ditches – Have a safe trip
Keep the bugs off your glass and the trouble off your… – CB Sign-off
Keep your eyes and ears open and your black stack smokin’ – Be alert and make good time
Keep your noise between the ditches and smokey out of your britches – Drive carefully, lookout for speedtraps
Keep your rubber down and your metal up – Drive carefully and have a good trip
Kiddie car – School bus
Knuckle Buster – Fight
Kojak with a Kodak – Cop with radar
Check back with us next week for L-M, or you can get a dictionary full of terms from the book, Woody’s World of CB.
10-4 from Hot anta
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Lost Art of C-B Lingo: G – H
Monday, April 20th, 2009
This week’s CB lingo lesson covers the letter’s G & H, which means we’re getting close to the alphabetical equivalent of the heartland of America. The drivers in your fleet are sure to have noticed a difference in your trucker talking ability by now.
G
Gas Jockey – Gas station attendant
Get horizontal – Lie down to sleep
Get Trucking – Make some distance.
Girlie Bear – Female cop
Go Ahead – Answer back.
Go Juice – Truck fuel
Got a copy? – Can you hear me?
Go to 100 – Restroom stop.
Green Stamp Collector – Police with radar
Ground Clouds – Fog
Guitar Town – Nashville
H
Hack – Taxi
Haircut palace – Bridge or overpass with low clearance
Hammer Down – Accelerate
Hay Shaker – Trailer transporting a mobile home
Highball – Go nonstop to your destination at a rapid pace.
High Rise – A large bridge or overpass.
Hip Pocket – Glove box.
Hot Lanta – Atlanta, Georgia
How tall are you? – How tall is your truck?
Hundred mile coffee – Strong coffee
Check back with us next week as we keep rolling down the alphabet highway, or you can get a dictionary full of terms from the book, Woody’s World of CB.
10-4 from Hot lanta.
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