Trucker Slang

I agree with Linda to much bad stuff but BTW It still working good for me!

June 03, 2018 0:26:23 AM

That is a lot to remember, I hope there is no test.

April 23, 2016 21:25:17 PM

Very entertaining! Too bad most of what is out there is negative or not fit for most ears. Makes me long for the old days!

February 22, 2013 14:17:23 PM

reading all those, bring back a lot of memories.

November 13, 2012 7:44:20 AM

Henry that made me think of a couple CB terms that I get a chuckle over and say to myself when I see them:

There is a gator on the zipper = there is a piece of tire in the center of the road

There is a rolling road block up ahead = over size load slowing traffic down

I know there are others that make me smile but those are the two that came to mind.

November 04, 2012 11:33:02 AM

This combined with the 10-codes made all of the conversations of the CB era sound like a foreign language. Mhy mother in law rode with me once and I raidoed to a "parking lot" that he could come back over if he wanted. She asked what in the world was I talking about. I told her a parking lot was how we referred to auto carriers. To come back over was referring to the fact there was room in front of me if he needed the lane.

November 04, 2012 11:12:27 AM

They all make sense!

For many the early CB courtesy of not interrupting, keeping the language clean and being constructive and positive is gone. That is a shame. I turned it off and listen to music or books.

November 01, 2012 8:43:59 AM

Got my first CB in the 70's. Very useful but I agree with Linda to much bad stuff that i don't want to list to.

November 01, 2012 8:40:51 AM

Your list is fun Terry. Some of the terms I have heard before and have even used in a sentence. We have a CB is our truck that is only turned on to find out what is happening when the traffic comes to a stop, when someone pulls beside us and has their CB in hand and wants to talk, or at night and I am trying to find out road conditions. I get the information I need and turn the CB off. One argument I have heard is that the CB needs to be on to warn us if the traffic is at a stop around a blind corner - I driver defensively and watch far enough ahead this has not been a problem. When I listen to the CB I hear to much of the ugly stuff and I do not care what color someones panties are, I do not what they have for sale, and I do not want to listen to them sing or listen to their radio playing. I have also listened to women try to talk on the CB and listen to then get propositioned which usually leads to an argument as other men try to shut the idiot up. To many people women and men get behind the mic and become another person and turn their mouth loose. I agree with you Douglas I wish it would go back to the way it was a useful tool, a way to stay in touch with other drivers, and a way to know what is happening down the road.
Terry kudos to you and your list for keeping that fun and amazing language alive. I learned a few more terms I will use that are fun and will keep my non trucking friends looking at me with a blank look when I speak!

November 01, 2012 6:52:57 AM

Too bad most of that is not used or drivers don't now what you are saying.

October 31, 2012 21:35:35 PM