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aardvark n. |
another name for the
Kenworth T-600 |
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Air Capitol
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Wichita, KS |
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Alamo n. |
drivers' nickname for
San Antonio, TX |
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alligator n. |
piece of blown tire or
retread laying in the road |
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alligator radio n. |
a radio that can
transmit, but has bad receive |
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anteater n. |
another name for the
Kenworth T-600 |
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Apple n. |
drivers' nickname for
New York, NY |
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Armadillo
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Amarillo, TX |
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Astrodome n. |
drivers' nickname for
Houston, TX |
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back door pron. |
the driver
behind you; down the road behind the truck |
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back out adj. |
done transmitting on the C.B. radio |
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back quiet adj. |
done transmitting on the C.B. radio |
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Bean Town n. |
drivers' nickname for Boston, MA |
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bear n. |
generic term for law enforcement officer |
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better half
n |
our spouse; wife, husband, girlfriend, etc. |
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Big A n. |
drivers' nickname for Atlanta, GA |
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Big D n. |
drivers' nickname for Dallas/Fort Worth, TX |
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Big O n. |
drivers' nickname for Omaha, NE |
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big rig n. |
an eighteen-wheeler |
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big road n. |
another name for the Interstate System of Highways |
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big truck n. |
an eighteen-wheeler |
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Bikini n. |
drivers' name for Miami, FL or Florida in general |
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bird dog n. |
a radar detector |
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bobtail n. |
a tractor with no trailer attached |
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boss man n. |
your boss (duh) |
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brake check v. |
what 4-wheelers do whey they slow down and use their brakes in
heavy traffic for no apparent reason |
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break v. |
the proper way to gain access to a busy C.B. channel |
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Bright Lights n. |
drivers' nickname for Kansas City, MO |
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bubba n. |
a not-so-formal version of good neighbor |
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Bull City n. |
drivers' nickname for Durham, NC |
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bumper sticker n. |
a car that is tailgating |
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C.B. Town n. |
drivers' nickname for Council Bluffs, IA |
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Capital City n. |
drivers' nickname for Raleigh, NC |
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cash register n. |
another name for a toll booth |
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Channel 19 n. |
the unofficial
"official" trucker's channel on the C.B. Radio |
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Channel 9 n. |
the emergency channel on the C.B. radio |
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Chicken Coop n. |
another name for weigh stations |
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Cigar City n. |
drivers' nickname for Tampa, FL |
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Circle City n. |
drivers' nickname for Indianapolis, IN |
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City Kitty
n. |
the name attached to
city police officers |
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Cornpatch n. |
drivers' nickname for IA |
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cotton picker n. |
a male bonding term for a friend; can also be used to
designate a "jerk" |
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county mountie
n. |
the name attached to
the Sheriff's department |
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Cow Town n. |
drivers' nickname for Fortworth, TX |
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dead head
v. |
to haul an empty truck |
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diesel car
n. |
an eighteen-wheeler |
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diesel cop
n. |
a D.O.T. man, D.M.V.
enforcement, etc. |
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Dirty,(The)
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Cleveland, OH |
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do what?
v. |
drivers' term to
express he didn't hear or understand |
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double nickel
n. |
55 mph speed limit |
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down stroke
n. |
the downhill side of a
hill |
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dragon fly
n. |
a truck with no power;
drag up-hill, fly down-hill |
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dragon wagon
n. |
another name for a tow
truck |
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driver n. |
reference to the person
you are talking to on the C.B. radio |
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dry box
n. |
a freight trailer |
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eighteen-wheeler
n. |
any articulated truck |
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eighty-fifth
street n. |
refers to I-85 |
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Evil Knievel
n. |
another name for a
motorcycle cop |
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fire in the wire
n. |
having a linear
amplifier (power booster) on your radio |
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Flag,(The)
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Flagstaff, AZ |
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flat bed
n. |
flatbed trailer |
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flip flop
n. |
meaning either a return
trip or U-turn |
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foot warmer
n. |
another term for a
linear amplifier or power booster |
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forty-two
v. |
term a driver uses as a
form of agreement with another driver |
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four-wheeler
n. |
a passenger car |
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FreightShaker
n. |
another name for
Freightliner trucks |
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Friendly,(The)
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Philadelphia, PA |
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front door
pron. |
the driver in front of
your truck, further up the road |
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full blown bear
n. |
another name for a
State Trooper |
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garbage
n. |
instead of saying
"hauling produce," a driver is hauling "garbage" |
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Gateway,(The)
n. |
drivers' nickname for
St. Louis, MO |
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Gay Bay
n. |
drivers' nickname for
San Francisco, CA |
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gear jammer
n. |
a speeding truck driver |
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General Mess of
Crap n. |
another name for GMC
trucks by Volvo/White |
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Georgia Overdrive
n. |
neutral gear |
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go to the Harley
v.. |
go to channel 1 on the
C.B. radio |
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Gold City
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Goldsboro, NC |
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good buddy
n. |
drivers' term for a
homosexual; used as an insult |
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got your ears on?
adv. |
inquiry if another
driver is listening to his C.B. radio |
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gouge on it
v. |
step on it; get moving;
go fast |
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granny lane
n. |
the right, or slow lane
of a multi-lane highway |
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greasy side up
adj. |
when a vehicle has
flipped over on its top |
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green stamps
n. |
money; usually toll
payments |
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ground pressure
n. |
the weight of your
truck |
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Guitar n. |
drivers' nickname for
Nashville, TN |
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gumball machine
n. |
lights on top of a
police cruiser |
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hammer down
v.; adj. |
a truck moving fast;
getting on the gas, get the truck moving fast |
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hammer lane
n. |
the left, or passing
lane of a multi-lane highway |
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hand n. |
another name for a
fellow driver |
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handle n. |
your name on the C.B.
radio |
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happy happy
n. |
means Happy New Year |
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haulin'
dispatcher brains v. |
pulling an empty
trailer |
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havin' shutter
trouble v. |
having trouble staying
awake |
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Hawkeye
n. |
drivers' nickname for
IA |
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Ho Chi Minh Trail
n. |
California Highway
152; has heavy traffic and a "minefield" of accidents |
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home-twenty
n. |
the place the driver
calls home |
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hood n. |
any conventional
tractor; one that is not a cab-over |
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Hotlanta
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Atlanta, GA |
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hundred-dollar
lane n. |
the left lane on a
highway that has more than 2 lanes in either direction |
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in the big hole
adj. |
in top gear |
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Irish n. |
drivers' nickname for
South Bend, IN |
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jackpot
n. |
flashing cruiser
lights; hitting the jackpot is being stopped by a bear |
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Kenworthless
n. |
another name for a
Kenworth truck |
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key down
v. |
keying the microphone
to try to talk over someone already talking |
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Kojak w/ a Kodak
n. |
a cop with a radar gun |
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K-Whopper
n. |
another name for a
Kenworth truck |
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landline
n. |
telephone or telephone
call |
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large car
n. |
another name for an
eighteen-wheeler |
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Left Coast
n. |
the West Coast |
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linear n. |
a power booster for a
C.B. radio |
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local info
n. |
a call for local
information; directions, etc. |
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log book
n. |
the record a trucker is
required to keep of miles, hours, etc. |
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Lost Angels
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Los Angeles, CA |
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lot lizard
n. |
another name for ladies
of the evening that hang out at truck stop parking lots; usually
the last row |
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Lower Arkansas
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Los Angeles, CA |
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Mardi Gras
n. |
drivers' nickname for
New Orleans, LA |
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meat-wagon
n. |
an ambulance |
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Merry Merry
n. |
wishing you a Merry
Christmas |
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Mile High
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Denver, CO |
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mission
n. |
a rush load |
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Mistake on the
Lake n. |
drivers' nickname for
Erie, PA; Cleveland, OH; and any other city on the Great Lakes |
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modulator
n. |
a type of amplifier
used for a C.B. radio |
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motion lotion
n. |
fuel |
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Motor City
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Detroit, MI |
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movin' on
v. |
getting' on down the
road |
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mud duck
n. |
a poor radio signal;
someone you can barely hear on the C.B. |
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Music City
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Nashville, TN |
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Nickel,(The)
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Buffalo, NY |
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ninety-fifth
street n. |
Highway I-95 |
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no doubt!
interj. |
that's absolutely true |
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nodamene?
interj. |
"do you know what I'm
saying?" |
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parking lot
n. |
a truck used to
transport automobiles |
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Philly n. |
drivers' nickname for
Philadelphia, PA |
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pickemup truck
n. |
the obvious…a pickup
truck |
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pickle park
n. |
rest area or roadside
park, frequented by hookers |
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plain white
wrapper n. |
term for an unmarked
white police car (the color changes with the vehicle color) |
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power up
v. |
go fast; step on the
gas pedal |
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preeshaydit
adj. |
blurred version of "I
appreciate it;" thanks |
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pumpkin
n. |
another name for
Schneider company trucks because of their orange color |
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Queen City
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Charlotte, NC |
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radio n. |
the C.B. radio |
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radio check
n. |
checking your radio to
see if it is transmitting properly |
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rascal n. |
term used for someone
you consider a friend |
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REACT n. |
a volunteer C.B. radio
group that provide emergency assistance to their community; Radio
Emergency Associated Communications Team |
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readin' the mail
v. |
just listening to the
radio and not talking |
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reefer n. |
not something you
smoke; a refrigerated cargo trailer |
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right?
interj. |
sort of like putting a
period at the end of the transmission you're making |
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road pizza
n. |
badly mangled road-kill |
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roger
interj. |
same as right |
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roller skate
n. |
a small car; especially
a Volkswagen |
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rollin' on
v. |
to get moving faster |
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Rubber,(The)
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Akron, OH |
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salt shaker
n. |
a snow plow |
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sand box
n. |
a gravel trailer |
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sandbagging
v. |
listening on the C.B.
radio without talking |
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Schneider Eggs
n. |
the orange road
construction drums on the side of the road |
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scoot n. |
a Harley-Davidson
motorcycle |
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Sesame Street
n. |
channel 19 on the C.B.
radio; because of its state of mass confusion in urban areas |
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Shaky City
n. |
drivers' nickname for
San Francisco, CA |
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shooting you in
the back v. |
being shot with a cop's
radar gun |
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short short
n. |
a short amount of time |
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Shy Town
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Chicago, IL |
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side piece
n. |
a linear for a C.B.
radio |
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skate board
n. |
a flatbed trailer |
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skins n. |
tires |
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skip n. |
C.B. transmissions that
bounce off the atmosphere and that can be heard for hundreds and
sometimes thousands of miles |
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Slow Wheels In
Fast Traffic n. |
another name for SWIFT
company trucks |
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Smoke City
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Birmingham, AL |
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smokin' scooter
n. |
motorcycle cop |
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stage coach
n. |
a tour bus |
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stand on it
v. |
get on the gas pedal |
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Steel Town
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Pittsburgh, PA |
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Sure Wish I'd a
Faster Truck n. |
another name for SWIFT
company trucks |
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swingin'
adj. |
carrying a load of
carcass beef |
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takin' pictures
v. |
a cop using a radar gun |
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ten-four
pron. |
means yes or ok |
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ten-thirty-six
pron. |
a call for the correct
time |
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ten-thirty-three
pron. |
means an emergency |
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ten-twenty
pron. |
means location |
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thermos bottle
n. |
a tanker trailer |
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too many eggs in the
basket adj. |
overweight |
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toothpicks
n. |
a load of lumber |
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travel agent
n. |
dispatcher |
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triple-digit ride
n |
a truck that can exceed
100 mph |
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turkey day
n. |
Thanksgiving (of
course) |
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Twin Cities
n. |
drivers' nickname for
Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN |
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V.W. n. |
a Volvo/White tractor |
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walked on ya
v. |
someone transmitted on
the radio over the top of your transmission |
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Wally World
n. |
a Wal-Mart truck |
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West Coast turn-arounds
n. |
speed or benzedrine
pills; so-called because theoretically a driver can take them and
drive from one coast to the other and back again without stopping
to sleep |
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whachathank?
interj. |
means "right?" |
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Wiggle Wagons
n. |
double or triple
trailers |
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Windy n. |
drivers' nickname for
Chicago, IL |
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yard n. |
the parking lot of the
driver's company |
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Yardstick
n. |
a mile marker along
side the highway |
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