Posts Tagged ‘Woody’s World of CB’
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 P-R
Friday, May 15th, 2009
It’s Friday, and in the words of the great trucker trobadore Dave Dudley, this fleet blogger is feeling like a Truck Drivin’ Son of a Gun…kind of. I’ve actually never really driven an 18-wheeler, unless you count the video game they’ve got at the Dave & Busters in Marietta…
Anyway, Happy Friday to all of my good buddies out there who have turned this cb lingo blog into part weekly tradition, part language lesson. So, let’s get rolling through this weeks letters P-Q-R:
P
Pack it in – Ending transmission
Papa Bear – State trooper with CB.
Paper hanger – Police giving ticket.
Parking Lot – Traffic jam
Pass the numbers – Best wishes
Petro Refinery – Truck hauling gas or oil.
Plain Wrapper – Unmarked police car
Pedal to the metal -Running flat out, in excess of the speed limit
Pigeon – someone caught speeding.
Portable Barnyard – Cattle Truck
Pregnant Roller Skate – VW
Put your foot on the floor and let the motor toter – Accelerate.
Q
QSO – Pronounced “Que-Sew”, meaning “conversation” or “communication”.
QTH – Location
Quasar – Female
Quick trip around the horn – Scanning the 40channel band.
R
Radio Runt – Child or young person breaking in on a channel.
Rain Locker – Shower room
Rebound – Return trip.
Redneck radio – Someone who talks on the CB using only slang terms – UH OH.
Riot Squad – Neighbors who have TV
Roger Dodger – Same as “Roger”
Rubberneckers – lookers.
Running on rags – Driving a vehicle with little to no tread on the tires.
Running Shotgun – Driving partner
Check back with us next week for a run down of the letters S-T, 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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