Ever hear truck drivers talk while playing with the radio two modes like walk talk or CB? Truck drivers can have their own language and it can sound confusing if you don’t know what they are talking about. I want to give you a brief introduction to the language that truck drivers use when they talk to each other.
Before you know the words, you should know Truck Drivers are good at what they do. Those who can soon gather their ears. Make sure you grab the handle that you don’t give away because you are a newbie. I lived with a truck driver (my father) long enough to know truck drivers bus men and women; So they won’t spend time talking to someone who has nothing to say.
Remember, this glossary is limited. Visit the links at the bottom for more words.
Law Enforcement – Cops, Equipment, and more
Smoky Bear – a statesman who works for the president
County Mountie – County cop that works for the sheriff
Local Yokel or Cop Clown – City cop what’s more
Miss Piggy or Mama Bear – Female cop
Bear Air – police helicopter
Tijuana Taxi – marked police car
Plain wrapper – a police car. It could be anything from a white field band to a blue plane
Bubble-gum machine – flashing lights on a cop car
Dying Picture – Radar that cops use to catch speeders
Double Nickel – the 55 mph speed limits most roads have.
Trucks and other vehicles
Guard-aid Buggy – Ambulance
Chocolate Sot – Tanker
Mobile Parking lot – 18-wheeler pulling other vehicles
Bobtail – Semi-nothing sex
Wagon Erect – Semi-trailer that old western covered wagon – walls arched tarp over top
Jimmy – GMC Truck
Reefer – Refrigerated Trailer.
AGASO death – a truck carrying explosives
Organ Donor – Motorcycle driver.
Beer City – Rome, Wisconsin
Big A – Atlanta
Bullshit City – Washington D.C
Chi City (pronounced Fugax City) – Chicago
Gay Bay – San Francisco Bay Area
Motor City – Detroit
Shaky Town – L.A.
Chicken Coop – Spend time
Choke and Puke – Road or Truck stop Breakfast.
Truck Driver Specific Terms
Swindle sheets – log books, books that have cart drivers as not those who spend their day. It is required by law
Ears – CB
Hammer lane – left lane, fast lane
Protection – Some trucks speed
Rubber Duck – First truck in stock
A lot of lizards – Whore from a truck stop
Back Door – The area behind the truck
Cotton Picker – “It’s your best friend, your worst enemy, who you know, who you don’t know, who you like, who you don’t like, who you want to honor, who you want to insult, who did you a favor, who wronged you, or who picks cotton.” – Cledus Maggard, “CB Lingo” (song)
Sources
CB Gazette
Wikipedia – CB Slang
Key Maggard, “CB Lingo.”
