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Some of these 'towing' slangs is also standard truck driver lingo. Our tow truck drivers often use these to communicate with our dispatch team or their coworkers; letting them know about their location, their ETA, or just to describe the scene they have responded to. Might as well understand what they mean. A Guide to Trucker Lingo & Slang. CB Radio is how truckers communicate with one another on the open road. If you turn one on and tune, you may be confused from all the trucker slang you hear. Here is a list of various terms CB radio lingo and trucker slang use on the road. All locked up – The weigh station is closed. Android phone connected to the gamepad controller. Drivers interact with the DS phone to start/stop robot. Robot Controller. Android phone connected to the Expansion Hub. Connects to DS phone via WiFi-Direct. Gamepad Controller. An Xbox or PS4 style controller which the driver uses to control the robot during driver-control period.

CB Radios have a long history. Earlier in the last century before the time of email, and mobile phones, the CB radio was an excellent way to connect with friends all over. One of the things that set the CB Radio user apart from others is that there is a particular lingo attached to it. One could also call it trucker talk. You need to learn the CB radio code, as well as the CB lingo in order for you to be able to communicate with your friends or even strangers.

These radios are an important asset – for truckers especially – as it keeps them connected to other truckers on the long road. It also connects them to their home base. Truckers should especially be knowledgeable with regard to the CB codes and the lingo for others to understand them. The CB radio code is a short way of communicating.

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CB Radio Codes, CB Lingo & Trucker Talk

The Complete List of CB 10 Codes (CB Radio Code Words)

Here is a complete list of all CB Radio 10 codes / CB Radio Lingo:

CB Radio Lingo / CB Codes

10-1 Receiving Poorly
10-2 Receiving Well
10-3 Stop Transmitting
10-4 Ok, Message Received
10-5 Relay Message
10-6 Busy, Stand By
10-7 Out of Service, Leaving Air
10-8 In Service, subject to call
10-9 Repeat Message
10-10 Transmission Completed, Standing By
10-11 Talking too Rapidly
10-12 Visitors Present
10-13 Advise weather/road conditions
10-16 Make Pickup at…
10-17 Urgent Business
10-18 Anything for us?
10-19 Nothing for you, return to base
10-20 My Location is ……… or What’s your Location?
10-21 Call by Telephone
10-22 Report in Person to _____
10-23 Stand by
10-24 Completed last assignment
10-25 Can you Contact ______
10-26 Disregard Last Information/Cancel Last Message/Ignore
10-27 I am moving to Channel ___
10-28 Identify your station
10-29 Time is up for contact
10-30 Does not conform to FCC Rules
10-32 I will give you a radio check
10-33 Emergency Traffic at this station
10-34 Trouble at this station, help needed
10-35 Confidential Information
10-36 Correct Time is _____
10-38 Ambulance needed at _____
10-39 Your message delivered
10-41 Please tune to channel ___
10-42 Traffic Accident at _____
10-43 Traffic tie-up at _____
10-44 I have a message for you (or ____)
10-45 All units within range please report
10-50 Break Channel
10-62 Unable to copy, use phone
10-62sl Unable to copy on AM, use Sideband Lower (not an official code)
10-62su Unable to copy on AM, use Sideband Upper (not an official code)
10-65 Awaiting your next message/assignment
10-67 All units comply
10-70 Fire at _____
10-73 Speed Trap at _____
10-75 You are causing interference
10-77 Negative Contact
10-84 My telephone number is ____
10-85 My address is _____
10-91 Talk closer to the Mike
10-92 Your transmitter is out of adjustment
10-93 Check my frequency on this channel
10-94 Please give me a long count
10-95 Transmit dead carrier for 5 sec.
10-99 Mission completed, all units secure
10-100 Need to go to Bathroom
10-200 Police needed at _____

what’s your 20?

By the phrase “What’s your 20” generally means “What is your location? or “Identify of your position”. It is a corrupted phrase. Its original is 10-20 that is used by United States law enforcement to encode their radio transmission.
The example answer of 10-20 is given below:

B: What’s your 20?
C: Avenue G and Kingston.

List of CB Radio slangs (CB Radio Chat)

CB Terminology	Meaning or Translation
Affirmative	Yes
All locked up	The weigh station is closed.
Anteater	Kenworth T-600; this truck was so-named because of its sloped hood, and was one of the first trucks with an aerodynamic design. Also known as an aardvark.
Alligator	A piece of tire on the road, usually a recap from a blown tire, which can look like an alligator lying on the road. These alligators are hazards which are to be avoided, if possible. If you run over them, they can “bite you” — bounce back up and do damage to hoses or belts, fuel crossover lines, or to the body of your tractor. They can also bounce up and go towards another vehicle, possibly causing an accident. A baby alligator is a small piece of tire, and alligator bait is several small tire pieces. Sometimes called just a “gator”.
Back door	Something behind you. “There’s a bear at your back door”.
Back it down	Slow down.
Backed out of it	No longer able to maintain speed, necessitating a need to downshift. When a truck’s climbing a steep incline, and for whatever reason, the driver has to let up off of the accelerator, he’ll lose whatever momentum he had and have to downshift. “I’m backed out of it now, I’ll have to get over into the slow lane.”
Back row	The last rows of parking in a truck stop, often a hangout for prostitutes (see “lot lizards”).
Bambi	A deer, dead or alive
Base station or unit	A powerful CB radio set in a stationary location.
Bear	A law enforcement officer at any level, but usually a State Trooper, Highway Patrol.
Bear bait	A speeding vehicle, usually a four-wheeler, which can be used to protect the other speeding vehicles behind it.
Bear bite	A speeding ticket.
Bear den or bear cave	Law enforcement headquarters,station.
Bear in the air	A law enforcement aircraft which can be monitoring the traffic and speeds below.
Bear in the bushes	Law enforcement (at any level) is hiding somewhere, probably with a radar gun aimed at traffic.
Billy Big Rigger	Another term for “supertrucker”; one who brags about himself, or his big, fast, shiny truck.
Bingo cards	These cards held stamps from each state a motor carrier would operate in; these cards are no longer used, and have been replaced by the Single State Registration System (SSRS).
Bedbugger	Can refer to a household moving company or to the household mover himself.
Big R	A Roadway truck.
Big road	Usually refers to the Interstate, sometimes any big highway.
Big truck	Refers to an 18-wheeler or tractor-trailer. “Come on over, big truck”.
Bird dog	A radar detector.
Big word	Closed, when referring to weigh stations. There is often a big sign preceding the weigh station indicating whether the station is open or closed, in bright lights. From a distance, you can’t tell what the word says, but you can usually tell whether it’s a big word or small word. So, when you hear “the big word is out”, you’ll know that the weigh station is closed.
Black eye	A headlight out. “Driver going eastbound, you’ve got a black eye”.
Bobtail	Driving the tractor only, without the trailer attached.
Boogie	The top gear (the highest gear) of the transmission.
Boulevard	The Interstate.
Brake check	There is a traffic tie-up ahead, which will require immediate slowing down or stopping. “You’ve gotta brake check ahead of you, eastbound”.
Break	If the radio’s busy, saying “break-19” is the proper way to gain access to the channel, and begin talking.
Breaking up	Your signal is weak, or fading.
Brush your teeth and comb your hair	Shooting vehicles with a radar gun.
Bubba	What you call another driver, often in a kidding way.
Bull dog	A Mack truck.
Bull frog	An ABF truck.
Bull hauler	A livestock hauler.
Bumper sticker	A vehicle that’s tailgating. Sometimes called a “hitchhiker “.
Bundled out	Loaded heavy, or to maximum capacity.
Buster Brown	A UPS truck or driver.
Cabbage	A steep mountain grade in Oregon.
Cabover	Abbreviated term for Cab-Over-the Engine (COE) type of tractor.
Cash register	A tollbooth.
Checking ground pressure	The weigh station is open, and they’re running trucks across the scales (see “running you across”).
Chicken coop	A weigh station, often called just a “coop”.
Chicken lights	Extra lights a trucker has on his truck and trailer.
Chicken hauler or truck	A big, fancy truck; a large, conventional tractor with a lot of lights and chrome. Also, one who hauls live chickens.
Comedian	The median strip in between opposite lanes of traffic.
Container	Refers to an overseas container; intermodal transportation.
Come-a-part engine	Cummins engine.
Come back	An invitation for the other driver to talk. Sometimes used when you couldn’t hear the last transmission, “comeback, I didn’t hear you”.
Come on	Telling another driver that you hear him calling you, and to go ahead and talk. “Yeah driver, come on”.
Comic book	The log book.
Commercial company	A prostitute.
Convoy	A group of trucks traveling together.
Copy	Transmission acknowledged, agreed with, or understood, as in “that’s a copy, driver”.
Cornflake	Refers to a Consolidated Freightways truck.
County Mountie	County police, often a sheriff’s deputy.
Covered wagon	Flatbed type of trailer, with sidewalls, and a tarp.
Crackerhead	A derogatory term; insult.
Crotch rocket	A motorcycle built for speed; not a Harley-Davidson.
Deadhead	Pulling an empty trailer.
Destruction	Road construction.
Diesel car	A semi- tractor.
Diesel cop	A DOT, Commercial Vehicle Enforcement officer.
Donkey	Behind you. “A bear is on your donkey”.
Do what?	I didn’t hear or understand you.
Double nickel	55 mph.
Doubles	Refers to a set of double trailers.
Drawing lines	Completing your log book
Driver	What drivers call other drivers on the CB, especially if their CB handle is not known.
Driving award	A speeding ticket.
Downstroke	Driving downwards, downhill, on a decline.
Dragon wagon	A tow truck.
Dragonfly	A truck with no power, especially going uphill.
Dry box	An unrefrigerated, freight trailer. Also considered a dry van
18-wheeler	Any tractor-trailer.
85th Street	Interstate 85.
Evil Knievel	A law enforcement officer on a motorcycle.
Eyeball	To see something.
Feeding the bears	Paying a ticket or citation.
Fingerprint	To unload a trailer by yourself.
Flip-flop	Refers to a U-turn, or a return trip.
FM	An AM-FM radio.
42	Yes, or OK.
Four-letter word	Open; referring to weigh stations being open or closed.
4-wheeler	Any passenger vehicle; cars or pickups.
Freight shaker	A Freightliner truck.
Front door	In front of you.
Full-grown bear	State Trooper, or Highway Patrol.
Garbage hauler	A produce load or produce haulers.
Gear Jammer	A driver who speeds up and slows down with great frequency.
General mess of crap	A GMC truck
Georgia overdrive	Putting the transmission into neutral on a downgrade, to go extremely fast. Definitely not recommended!
Go-go juice	Diesel fuel.
Good buddy	This used to be the thing to say: “10-4, good buddy”. Not anymore, as this calling someone a homosexual.
Good neighbor	Usually used when you’re showing appreciation to another driver, as in “thank you, good neighbor”.
Got my nightgown on	I’m in the sleeper, and ready to go to sleep.
Go to company	When you tell another driver from your company to go to the designated company CB channel. Drivers do this so that they can talk about company business or personal matters without monopolizing channel 19.
Go to the Harley	Turn your CB to channel 1.
Got your ears on?	Are you listening
Gouge on it	Go fast, put the throttle to the floor, step on it, etc.
Granny lane	The right, slower lane on a multi-lane highway, or on the Interstate.
Greasy	Icy, or slippery.
Greasy side up	A vehicle that’s flipped over.
Green Stamps	Money.
Grossed out	Your gross vehicle weight is at maximum capacity; commonly 80,000 pounds.
Ground pressure	The weight of your truck, as in “the scale’s testing your ground pressure”.
Gumball machine	The lights on top of a patrol car.
Hammer down	Go fast, step on it.
Hammer lane	The left, passing lane of traffic.
Hand, Han	What a driver sometimes calls another driver. Stems from the term farmhand, and means helper, or fellow worker.
Handle (CB handle)	The FCC encourages the use of CB handles. CB handles are nicknames which are used to identify the speaker, in place of an actual name. A driver often selects his own handle, one that he feels reflects his personality or describes his way of driving.
Happy happy	Happy new year; “Have a happy happy, driver”.
Having “shutter trouble”	Having trouble keeping awake.
Ho Chi Minh Trail	Refers to California Highway 152, known for it’s abundance of accidents.
Holler	Call me on the radio, as in “give me a holler when you get back”.
Home 20	A driver’s home location.
How ’bout	When you’re trying to contact other drivers, you can say “how ’bout you, eastbound?”.
Hood	A conventional tractor, as opposed to a cab-over.
Hundred dollar lane, high dollar lane	In certain heavily populated areas, trucks will be prohibited from driving in the far left lane, with a heavy fine for violators. This term refers to that prohibited lane.
Jackpot	Same as gumball machine, refers to a patrol car’s lights.
Key down	When you talk over somebody who’s trying to transmit. A bigger, more powerful radio can easily drown out a lesser one.
Key up	Pushing the transmit button on the CB Mike. “Key up for about 20 minutes, and tell me how bad you are”.
In my back pocket	Behind you; a place you’ve passed.
In the big hole	The top gear of the transmission.
K-whopper	A Kenworth tractor, or just KW.
Kojak with a Kodak	Law enforcement using a radar gun.
Land line	A stationary telephone; not a cellular phone.
Large car	A conventional tractor, often with a big sleeper, lots of chrome and lights, etc.
Left Coast	The West Coast.
Local information	A driver asks for local information when he needs directions in the area he’s unfamiliar with.
Local-yokel	A county, city, or small-town officer.
Lollipop	The small reflector or marker poles on the sides of the highway.
Lot lizard	A prostitute that solicits truck-to-truck in a truck stop or rest area.
Lumper	Casual labor that loads or unloads your trailer, often requiring payment in cash.
Mama-bear	Refers to a female law enforcement officer.
Male buffal	A male prostitute.
Mash your motor	Go fast, step on it. Same as gouge on it and hammer down.
Meat wagon	An ambulance.
Merry merry	Merry Christmas.
Motion lotion	Diesel fuel.
Moving on	Heading down the road.
Mud duck	A weak radio signal.
Negatory	Negative or no.
95th Street	Interstate 95.
On the side	On standby.
Parking lot	An auto transporter, often used when the trailer is empty.
Pay the water bill	Taking a rest room break.
Pickle park	A rest area frequented by lot lizards (prostitutes).
Pigtail	The electrical connection from the tractor to the trailer.
Plain wrapper	An unmarked law enforcement vehicle, usually said with color added as a description: “you’ve got a plain brown wrapper on your back door”.
Plenty of protection	Usually means there’s plenty of police in the area, but I’ve heard it used to tell drivers to go ahead and step on it because there’s speeding four-wheelers ahead blocking or covering for them.
Pogo stick	Usually a metal, flexible support located on the tractor catwalk, that holds up the connections to the trailer.
Power up	Go faster, speed up.
Preeshaydit	Thank you, I appreciate it.
Pumpkin	A Schneider truck, because of it’s orange color.
Radio	A CB radio.
Radio check	How’s my radio working, transmitting, getting out there.
Rambo	Someone who talks really tough on the radio, especially when no one else knows where they are.
Ratchet jaw	Someone who talks a lot on the radio, while keying-up the whole time and not letting anyone else get a chance to talk.
Reading the mail	Not talking; just listening to the radio.
Reefer	Usually refers to refrigerated van trailer, but sometimes just to the reefer unit itself.
Rest-a-ree-a	Another way to say rest area.
Road pizza	Roadkill on the side of the road.
Rockin’ chair	A truck that’s in the middle of two other trucks.
Roger	Yes; affirmative.
Roger beep	An audible beep that sounds when a person has un-keyed the mike and finished his transmission. Used on only a small percentage of radios, and not recommended.
Roller skate	Any small car.
Rooster cruiser	A big, fancy truck; a large, conventional tractor with a lot of lights and chrome.
Runnin’you across	The weigh station is open, and they’re weighing trucks, probably in a quick fashion.
Salt shaker	The road maintenance vehicles that dump salt or sand on the highways in the winter.
Sandbagging	To listen to the radio without talking; also “readin’ the mail”.
Sandbox	An escape ramp, which sometimes uses sand to stop vehicles.
Schneider eggs	The orange cones in construction areas.
Seat cover	Sometimes used to describe drivers or passengers of four-wheelers.
Sesame Street	Channel 19 on the CB.
Shaky	Refers to California in general, sometimes Los Angeles, and, occasionally, San Francisco.
Shiny side up	Your vehicle hasn’t flipped over after a rollover or accident. “Keep the shiny side up” means to have a safe trip.
Shooting you in the back	You’re being shot with a radar gun as your vehicle passes a law enforcement vehicle.
Short short	A short amount of time.
Shutdown	Put out of service by the DOT because of some violation.
Sleeper creeper	A prostitute; same as a lot lizard.
Skateboard	A flatbed, or flatbed trailer.
Skins	Tires.
Smokin’ scooter	A law enforcement officer on a motorcycle.
Smokin’ the brakes	The trailer brakes are literally smoking from overuse down a mountain grade.
Smokey or Smokey Bear	A law enforcement officer, usually highway patrol.
Split	A junction, where the road goes in separate directions.
Spy in the sky	A law enforcement aircraft, same as a “bear in the air”.
Stagecoach	A tour bus.
Stand on it	Step on it, go faster.
Swinging	Carrying a load of swinging meat.
Taking pictures	Law enforcement using a radar gun.
10-4	OK, message received. Some drivers just say “10”.
Thermos bottle	A tanker trailer.
Through the woods	Leaving the Interstate to travel secondary roads.
Throwin’ iron	To put on snow tire chains.
Too many eggs in the basket	Overweight load or gross weight.
Toothpicks	A load of lumber.
Travel agent	The dispatcher, or sometimes a broker.
Triple digits	Over 100 mph.
VW	A Volvo-White tractor.
Wagon	Some drivers refer to their trailer as a wagon.
Walked on you	Drowned out your transmission by keying up at the same time.
Wally world	Wal-Mart (the store or the distribution center), or a Wal-Mart truck.
West Coast turnarounds	Uppers; speed or benzedrine pills; the idea is that a driver can drive from the East Coast to the West Coast, and back again without having to sleep. Obviously illegal!!
Wiggle wagons	A set of double or triple trailers.
Yard	A company terminal, drop a lot, etc.
Yardstick	A mile marker on the highway.

Some of the More Common Q Codes

QRM man-made noise, adjacent channel interference
QRN static noise
QRO increase power
QRP reduce power
QRT shut down, clear
QSL confirmation often refers to confirmation cards exchanged by hams
QSO conversation
QSX standing by on the side
QSY move to another frequency
QTH address, location

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