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THE SLANG PAGE

Slang Meaning
Affirmative Yes, OK, 10-4
Alligator All mouth, no ears
Anchored Base operator
Appliance A "NEW" CB'r
Attic Channel 40 or above
Back "I'm done, come back", your turn
Back door Last vehicle in a convoy
Back down Slowing down, easing up on the hammer
Back out 10-7, I'm down and outa here
Bad scene Skip interfering with local traffic
Ballet dancer Whip antenna
Band aid Ambulance
Band bender QRM from SSB, sideband interference
Barefoot Running a CB radio without a linear
Barley pop Beer
Base station Radio at home
Basement Channel one or below
Bear Law enforcement officer
Bear bait Wreckless driver/ speeder
Bear bite Speeding Ticket
Bear cave,bear den Police station
Bear in the air Helicopter (police)
Bear in the bushes Bear hiding along road
Beast A radio not working properly
Beat the bushes Watch for speed traps(lead vehicle)
Beaver Female
Big Charlie The Man, FCC
Bird dog Radar detector(fuzzbuster)
Big ears Good receiver
Big slab Interstate, expressway
Big switch On-Off
Big wheel The boss
Black & white Texas state trooper
Black Water Coffee
Bleeding Interference from other channels
Blessed Event A new CB in the family
Blowing the windows out Your signal is loud
Bobtail A truck without a trailer
Bounce around To pass in a hurry
Box Illegal linear amplifier
Break Introduction onto the channel
Breaking up Received signal being interfered with
Bubblegummer Teenage operator
Bull hauler A driver hauling cattle
Button pusher Operator purposely interrupting
Camerapolice Radar gun
Candyman FCC inspector
Cartel A "click" using a channel
Cash box Toll booth
Catch you on the flip See you on the return trip
Chain gang A CB radio club
Chicken coop Weigh station
Chicken inspector Weigh station inspector
Christmas lights Red & blue lights on a police car
City kitty Local police officer
Clear 10-7, I'm done
Coffee Break CB'rs getting together
Coke store Bathroom visit
Come back Repeat what you just said
Come on Your turn to talk
Convoy More than one mobile together
Copy Receive signal
Copy the mail Listening to transmissions
Counting chickens Weighing trucks (at a weigh station)
County mounty County police officer
Covered up Signal being stepped on at another transmission
Customer Someone pulled over by a police officer
Daddy FCC
Driver Truck driver
Draggin'wagon Tow truck
Drop the hammer Speed up
Dog A Greyhound Bus
Double-nickel 55 MPH
Ears Good receive
Eighty-eight's Love and Kisses, Good Luck
Eleven Meters 27 MHz, CB band
EOM My Ex,(Ex old man)
Eyeball To meet in person
Eye in the sky Police aircraft/ helicopter
Evil Knievel Police officer on motorcycle
Feed the bears Pay your traffic ticket
First personal Your First Name
Flappers Whip Antennas
Flat side Going to bed, Horizontal antenna position
Flip-flop U-turn
Flip side Return Trip
Foot warmer Illegal Linear Amplifier
Four wheeler Passenger car or pickup truck
Front door The lead vehicle in a convoy
Fugitive CB'r away from home channel
Full-grown State trooper
Getting out Transmitting good
Georgia overdrive Neutral gear
Goodies "Extras" on radio
Good numbers 88's and 73's
Got your ears on? Is your CB radio on?
Granny lane Slow lane
Grass Highway median strip
Green stamps money, cash
Hand truck driver
Handle CB Name
Hammer Accelerator pedal
Hammer lane The fast lane
High gear All I got!
Home twenty Home address
Idiot box TV
In a short Not too long-very soon
Jamboree A CB planned activity
Key up Mike on, no mod
Kiddie car School bus
Kicker Illegal linear amplifier
Kojak with a Kodak Police officer with a radargun
Landline Telephone
Legal eagle CB'r who goes by the book
Local yokel Municipal police officer
Lollipop D-104 microphone
Lot lizard Working girl(found in truckstop parking lots)
Mail Others talking on air
Make the trip Signal is reaching
Mama bear Female police officer
Meat wagon Ambulance
Mercy Used to avoid profanity
Mile Marker Mile post on highway
Minding my business Driving legally(not speeding,etc)
Mobile CB rig in car
Modulate To "talk" on air
Monster lane Passing lane
Motion lotion Gas,Diesel,Petrolium
Mud duck Weak Station
Negative No
Negative Copy Can't hear you
Negatory No
On the side Listening,standing by
One way camper Ambulance
Over End of current key down
Over the shoulder Behind you
Plain white wrapper Unmarked police car painted white
Play dead Standing by
Pounds Measurement of signal
Pull the plug 10-7,sign off
QSL Card Card to send to other DX'rs
Ratchet Jaw CB'r who won't shut up
Red Lights Brake Lights
Rocking chair Middle vehicle in a convoy
Rolling Refinery Gas Tanker
Roller Skate Small Car
Sandwich lane Middle lane
Seat cover Female(usually young&good- looking)
Seventy threes Best regards,good luck
Shanty Shaker Truck pulling a mobile home
Six pack Straight truck,delivery van (usually 6 wheels)
Skip More than 155 miles
Slider UFO, Variable frequency Oscillator
Smokey Police officer
Smokey bear Police officer
Snowshoes Illegal Linear Amplifier
Suicide jockey Driver hauling explosives
Taking pictures Shooting radar
Tear jerker Hard or bad luck story
Ten Roger 10-4
Threes Short for seventythrees
UFO Slider
Walking the Dog Blowing smoke, loud
Wall to Wall Very strong signal
Waving a Hand Just saying"Hello"
X-Ray Radar
XYL My eX,(ex young lady)
YL Young lady
Don't call somebody good buddy anymore it don't mean the same as it used to.Call them driver or hand.

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