(Troopers passing out tickets that include a fine.) Greenlight - You have the okay to go ahead, there are no troopers on the road ahead. Good Numbers Upon You - Referring to 73's and 88's. "I'll turn it over to you for your final."įive-Five - 55, the legal speed limit in most places. "I can't afford to feed any bears."įinal - Last transmission. "Can we get together for an eyeball."įeather Merchant - Truckers hauling extra light loads.įeed Bears - Pay fine for speeding to highway patrols. (Also: pull out.)ĭrop the Hammer - Push down on the accelerator.ĭusting Your Britches - Same as doubled up with you, walked on, (transmitted at same time.)Įars - Do you have any ears? Means: Do you have a CB or do you have your unit turned on?Įights (eighty-eights) - "Goodbye" (from amateur radio 88's meaning "love and kisses." "Threes and eights to you."Įyeball - Fac-to-face meeting. (Also: cowboy cadillac, in wester states.)ĭouble E - Eyeball, did you eyeball anything? Did you see anything?ĭouble L - Landline, or to make a phone call.ĭrag Out - To receive a transmission, to understand. "Clean and Green."Ĭollect Call - Someone is calling for you, someone is breaking for your handle or call letters.Ĭome Again - Repeat your transmission "Come again?"Ĭomic Books - Truck-drivers' log sheets or log books.Ĭonvoy - Line of CB-equipped vehicles moving in a pack.Ĭopy - Do you understand me? (Do you copy?) (Have you got my copy?)Ĭounty Mounty - County sheriff or deputy sheriff car.Ĭountry Cadillac - A pickup truck. (Also known as "Big Daddy".)Ĭlean - There are no signs of police in the area. (Also: Chaser.)ĬB Babies - Those who misuse their CB privileges. (Also: breaker, breakity-break, breakity-broke.)īreak One-Oh - Also "Break 10" - "I want to talk" (on Channel 10).Ĭatch You on the Old Flip/Flop - Catch you on the radio on a return trip.Ĭatch Car - Chase car used by troopers when another car is using radar. (Usually referring to one with his lights on.)īob Tailing - A semi-tractor traveling without the trailer.īodacious - Good signal, clear transmission.īreak - Asking for a turn to talk. "A local (station) is bleeding all over you."īlue Eyed Indian - Navajo Freight Lines truck.īlue Light Machine - Trooper. (Also known as "Pig Panic.")īleeding - Interference from a nearby CB channel. See also "Shake the leaves."īed Bug Hauler - Household goods moving van.īlack and White Fever - Driving at reduced speed due to sighting police. "I've got my beam on you now."īear Cave - Police station or post on highway.īear Trap - Group of state police carw working the road, or a road block.īears Taking Pictures - Police using radar.īeat the Bushes - "Front door" (lead vehicle) looks for the police.
(Also: boundaround, flip-flop, flipper, flopper, turn around.)īarefoot - CB Unit with no power booster.īeam - Type of directional antenna.
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I don't have a full set of the cards, but here is most of the dictionary.Īdvertising - A marked police car that has its lights turned on.Īggie Overdrive - The neutral gear of a transmission.īackstroke - Return trip. The backs had a "CB Dictionary," listing many slang CB terms. The fronts had peel-off stickers with cartoons of various truckers and CB and trucking scenes. In 1977, Donruss Chewing Gum issued a set of trading cards called "CB Convoy Code". Next message (by thread): go yard (1988).CB Slang Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at YAHOO.COM
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