CB Radio Nostalgia - The Lingo

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CB Radio Nostalgia - The Lingo

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I came across a site listing some of the lingo used by the American CBers back in the way-back-when. I've listed them below. Feel free to add any of the local ones you may have used 'back int day', 10-4?. :thumbup: :lol:

• Advertising: A marked police car its flashing lights on
• Alligator: A big piece of blown truck tire in the road
• Anchor Clanker: Boat trailer
• Back Off the Hammer: Slow down
• Backstroke: Return trip
• Band-aid Buggy: Ambulance
• Beaver Fever: Missing your wife/girlfriend
• Brake Check: Up ahead traffic is slow
• Chicken Choker: Poultry truck
• Chicken Coop: Weigh station/port of entry
• County mounty: County cop
• Dirty side: The East Coast
• Driving Award: Speeding ticket
• Drop the Hammer: Hit the accelerator and go for it.
• Everybody's Walking the Dog: All the CB channels are full
• Evel Knievel: Motorcycle cop
• Front Door/Back Door: Front/rear of a truck
• Full grown bear: State police
• Got your ears on? Do you Have your CB on?
• Hammer Down: Speed up
• High Speed Chicken Feed: Stay awake pills
• Hippie Chippie: Female hitchhiker
• Joke Book/Comic Book/Cheat Sheet: Log book
• Kiddie Car: Schoolbus
• Kojak with a Kodak: Cop with a radar gun
• Loot Limo: Armored car
• Lot Lizard: Truck stop prostitute
• Miss Piggy: A not-very-nice way of saying "female police officer"
• Nap Trap: Motel
• Negatory: No
• Organ donor: motorcycle rider with no helmet
• Parking Lot: Car Hauler
• Pickle Park: Rest Area
• Protecting and Serving: A cop has someone pulled over
• Quiz: Breathalyzer test
• Rain Locker: Shower
• Reefer: Refrigerated trailer
• Salt Shaker: Snow plow
• Skate Board: Flatbed Trailer
• Suicide Jockey: Haz Mat Hauler Explosives
• Thermos Bottle: Tanker truck
• Town Clown: Municipal police officer
• Truck Stop Tommy: Pimp
• Turd Hauler/Rolling Ranch: Livestock truck
• Twister: Cloverleaf interchange
• Warden: Wife
• Wiggle Wagon: Truck pulling two or more trailers in tandem
• Yardstick: Mile marker
• Yellowstone Bear: A cop who writes too many tickets
• Yo-Yo: Someone who speeds up and slows down
• Zipper: Painted lines on the road
26TM175. OP: Craig. QTH: Gateshead IO94EW. Also 163TM175 when mobile in Wales 8)

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'Need to get out and sniff the wheels'. Self explanatory really!
'Motion lotion.' Fuel, petrol/diesel.
'Spanner eyes'. A pretty girl. (If she looks at you she'll 'tighten up your nuts!')
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One I still use to this day to describe the "Emergency services" is, "Blue light disco"
"Fancy seat cover" didn't that refer to your girlfriend/wife?
"Riding shotgun" = front seat passenger.
"How many candles are you burning?" = How old are you?
Can't think of any more off hand, but I'm sure there are plenty!
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'Gis a 9' - Can you repeat that?
Toot-toot, I'm oot - I'm QRT
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I need some go-go juice - I need fuel

I need a splash and dash - Stop for fuel (though I use this now when I need a pee break on a long trip! haha)

a Jam Sandwich - Traffic Police
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Ball and chain was the common one for your wife whereas your girlfriend was your seat cover.
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Ankle biters or rugrats were kids
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"2, 4, 6, 8, your turn to modulate!" :lol:
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"Square wheels" Parked up
You can never have enough radios!
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Hang a 6 for me - I'll be right back

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Give me a count..
"Dracula".
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Blowing my windows out = Strong signal.
I Am the great cornholio are you threatening me ?
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Buick Mackane wrote:Blowing my windows out = Strong signal.
I feel a flashback to the 80s comin' on :)
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"Get off channel 9 you **** !"

My own lingo :)
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Twig, Sky Hook - Aerial

Gutter mouth - Breaker using profanities

Ratchet Jaw - Breaker who won't stop talking
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what's my poundage - whats my signal
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