CB Lingo
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What it means
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| Ace |
An Important CB'er. |
| Advertising |
State Highway Patrol with lights on. |
| Apple |
A CB addict. |
| Back |
Over; back to you. |
| Back door |
Rear of vehicle, last vehicle. |
| Back down |
Slow down. |
| Back out |
Stop transmitting. |
| Bad scene |
A crowded channel. |
| Ballet dancer |
An antenna that really sways. |
| Barbershop |
A low overpass. |
| Barefoot |
CB set output signal not additionally amplified. |
| Base station |
CB set operated from a fixed location. |
| Beam |
Type of directional antenna. |
| Bear |
Policeman, State Highway Patrol. |
| Bear bait |
Leading a group of CB'ers. |
| Bear cave |
Police station or post on highway. |
| Bear in the air |
Highway patrol flying overhead. |
| Bear meat |
Vehicle not equiped with CB. |
| Bear report |
Where are Highway Patrol? |
| Bear taking pictures |
Radar. |
| Bears wall to wall |
Many "bears". |
| Beast |
A CB rig. |
| Beat the bushes |
Finding the "Bears." |
| Be-bop |
Radio control signals. |
| Beer tone |
An intermittent tone signal. |
| Big Daddy, Big Brother |
Federal Communications Commission (FCC). |
| Big switch |
Turn off the CB set. |
| Big 10-4 |
Acknowleged with enthusiasm. |
| Bleeding |
Interference from a nearby CB channel. |
| Blessed event |
A new CB rig. |
| Blow the doors off |
Pass on the highway. |
| Boardwalk |
A bumpy road. |
| Boast Toasties |
A CB expert. |
| Bob tail |
Tractor without trailer. |
| Bodacacious |
Good signal, clear transmission. |
| Bootlegger |
Unlicensed CB'er. |
| Boulevard |
Interstate highway. |
| Boy scouts |
State Police. |
| Braker broke |
May I use this channel? |
| Break |
I'd like to break in, interrupt. |
| Break one-oh |
Also, "break 10"- I want to talk (on channel 10). |
| Breaker |
CB'er who asks to use a channel. |
| BTO |
Big Time Operator. |
| Bug out |
To leave a channel. |
| Bushels |
One-half ton; 20 ton load would be 40 bushels. |
| Buttermilk |
Any kind of beer. |
| Camera |
Radar unit. |
| Can |
Shell of a CB set. |
| Cartel |
A group hogging a channel. |
| Catch |
Talk to. |
| Cell block |
Location of base station. |
| Chain gang |
Members of a CB club. |
| Channel 25 |
Telephone. |
| Charlie |
The FCC. |
| Chicken coop |
Truck weigh station. |
| Chopped top |
Short antenna. |
| Chrome dome |
Mobile unit with roof antenna. |
| Clean |
No Highway Patrol around. |
| Clean cut |
Unmodified rig. |
| Clear |
Out, final transmission. |
| Coffee break |
Unorganized CB social gathering. |
| Come again |
Return call, repeat. |
| Comeback |
Return call. |
| Come on |
Over, you may transmit. |
| Comic books |
Truckdriver's log book. |
| Container |
Chassis and shell of Cb rig. |
| Corn flakes |
Consolidated Freightways truck. |
| Cotton picker |
Used instead of four letter words on air. |
| County Mounty |
County sherrif or highway patrol. |
| Covered up |
Interferred with. |
| Cowboy |
Driver constantly changing lanes at high speed. |
| Cradle baby |
CB'er afraid to ask for standby. |
| Cub scouts |
Sherrif's men. |
| Curly locks |
Coils on a CB rig. |
| Cut out |
To leave a channel. |
| Cut the hoax |
Turn off CB set. |
| Daddy-o |
The FCC. |
| Darktime |
Night. |
| Despair box |
Box where spare CB components are kept. |
| Dirty town |
New York City. |
| Do it to it |
Accelerate vehicle. |
| Don't tense |
Take it easy. |
| Ears |
CB set. |
| Ears on |
CB radio turned on. |
| Eat-um-up |
Truck stop cafe. |
| Eighteen wheeler |
Diesel truck, all semi-trailer trucks. |
| Eights, eighty-eights |
Goodbye (from amateur radio 88's meaning love and kisses.) |
| ERS |
Emergency Radio Service. |
| Eyeball |
Face to face meeting. |
| Fat load |
Overload, more wieght than local state law allows. |
| Feed the bears |
Get a ticket. |
| Final |
Last transmission. |
| Fingers |
A channel hopping CB'er. |
| Five-five |
Speed limit, 55 miles per hour. |
| Flappers |
Ears. |
| Flip flop |
Trucker's return trip. |
| Fog lifter |
Interesting CB'er. |
| Four |
Abbreviation of 10-4. |
| Four-ten |
10-4, emphatically. |
| Four wheeler |
Passenger car. |
| Fox Charlie Charlie |
The FCC. |
| Friendly Candy Company |
FCC. |
| Front door |
Lead rig in convoy. |
| Fugitive |
CB'er operating on different channel than the favorite. |
| Geological survey |
CB'er looking under his set. |
| Getting out |
Being heard. |
| Going horizontal |
Going to bed. |
| Glory card |
Class D license. |
| Gone |
Final transmission or switching to another channel. |
| Good Buddy |
Another CB'er. |
| Goon Squad |
Channel hoggers. |
| GP |
Ground Plane type antenna. |
| Grab bag |
Illegal hamming on CB. |
| Grass |
Median strip or side of road. |
| Green stamp road |
Toll road. |
| Green stamps |
Dollars, money paid in fines. |
| Hag feast |
Group of female CB'ers on channel. |
| Hammer |
Accelerator. |
| Hammer down |
Driving fast. |
| Hamster |
One who "hams" on CB. |
| Handle |
Slang names often used instead of call letters. |
| Happy number |
An S-meter reading. |
| Harvey Wallbanger |
Reckless driver. |
| Henchmen |
Group of CB'ers. |
| High gear |
Use of transmitter power amplified. |
| Holler |
Call. |
| Home twenty |
At home. |
| Hound men |
Policemen looking for CB'ers using rigs while mobile. |
| How about? |
Calling. |
| How am I hitting you? |
Are you receiving my trasnmission? |
| Hung up |
CB'er who can't leave set. |
| Idiot box |
Television set. |
| In the grass |
Parked or pulled over on median strip. |
| Invitations |
Traffic tickets. |
| Jamboree |
Gathering of CB'ers sponcored by CB club. |
| Junvenile Delinquent |
Someone pretending to be a trucker. |
| Keep antenna side up, rubber side down |
Have a safe trip. |
| Keep your nose between the ditches and Smokey out of your britches |
Drive safely and look out for speed traps. |
| Kenosha Cadillac |
Any car made by AMC. |
| Keyboard |
Controls of a CB set. |
| Keyed |
Pressing the micrphone button. |
| Landline |
Telephone. |
| Lay an eye on |
See. |
| Let the channel roll |
Let others break in and use the channel. |
| Linear |
Extra power amplifier used to increase CB transmitter output. |
| Local Smokey, Local Yokel |
City police officer. |
| Mail |
Overheard conversation (i.e. reading the mail.) |
| Make the trip? |
Is my transmission being received? |
| Mercy, Mercy sakes |
An exclamation. |
| Mile markers |
Small signs along interstate highways. |
| Mix-master |
Highway cloverleaf. |
| Mobile |
CB set mounted in a vehicle. |
| Modulate |
To talk with. |
| Monitor |
Emergency assistance, Channel 9. |
| Moth ball |
Annual CB convention. |
| Motor City |
Detroit, Michigan. |
| Move |
In motion. |
| Negative, negatory |
No. |
| Negative contact |
Station being called failed to respond. |
| Negative copy |
Did not hear responce by station called. |
| OM |
Old man - CB'er. |
| On the move |
Driving, moving. |
| On the side |
Parked or pulled over on the shoulder. |
| One eyed monster |
Television set. |
| One time |
For a short contact. |
| Other half |
Husband or wife. |
| Over shoulder |
Behind. |
| Panic in streets |
Area being monitored by FCC. |
| Pass the numbers to you |
Best wishes to you. |
| Peanut butter in your ears |
Not listening, can't hear. |
| Penman |
CB applicant who has filled out FCC forms. |
| Pickum-up |
Light truck, pickup truck. |
| Picture machine |
Radar. |
| Picture taker |
Radar. |
| Plain wrapper |
Police car with no markings. |
| Play dead |
Stand by. |
| Politz-eye |
The police. |
| Pounds |
Number on S-meter indicating output. S-3 is three pounds, etc. |
| Pregnant roller skate |
Volkswagen. |
| Prescription |
FCC rules. |
| Pull the big one |
Signing off for good. |
| Put the good numbers on you |
Threes and eights: best regards. |
| Putting on |
Strength of signal. |
| Put the pedal to the metal |
Accelerate. |
| Q-bird |
An intermittant tone generator. |
| Radio check |
Reception. |
| Rake the leaves |
Back door or last vehicle in a string. |
| Ratchet jaw |
Non-stop talker. |
| Read |
Hear. |
| Rest-um-up |
Roadside rest area. |
| Rig |
CB radio, also tractor. |
| Riot squad |
Neighbors with television interference. |
| Rocking chair |
Vehicle between two CB vehicles. |
| Roger |
I acknowlege. |
| Roger ramjet |
A speeding car. |
| Roger roller skate |
Passenger car going more than 20 milers per hour over the speed limit. |
| Roller skate |
Small car. |
| Rolling parking lot |
Automobile transport. |
| Savages |
CB'er who hogs the channel. |
| Scatterstick |
Vertical antenna with ground plane. |
| Seat covers |
Occupants of passenger car, usually attractive females. |
| Set of dials |
CB rig. |
| Seventy three |
Best regards. |
| Shake the leaves |
See whats ahead. |
| Shakey Town |
Los Angeles, California. |
| Shim |
To illegally soup up a transmitter. |
| Short-short |
Soon. |
| Shout |
Call. |
| Ski, short skip |
Atmospheric conditions that permit contacts from a long distance. |
| Slaughter house |
Channel 11. |
| Slave drivers |
CB'ers that take control of a channel. |
| Slider |
An illegal VFO (variable frequency oscillator.) |
| Smokey |
"Smokey the Bear" - police. |
| Smokey on four legs |
Mounted police. |
| Smokey with ears |
Police listening on a CB. |
| Snooperscope |
An illegally high antenna. |
| Sonnet |
A CB'er who advertises products on the air. |
| Souped up |
A rig modified to run illegally high power. |
| Stack them eights |
Best regards. |
| Stepped on you |
Another CB'er transmitted at the same time. |
| Stroller |
CB'er with walkie talkie. |
| Struggle |
Trying to "break" a channel. |
| Sucker |
A CB rig on the service bench. |
| Sunbeam |
A CB'er who livens the channel with witticisms. |
| Sweeping leaves |
Bringing up the rear. |
| SWR |
Standing Wave Radio. |
| Taking pictures |
Radar operated speed indicator. |
| Tearjerker |
A CB'er who always cries the blues. |
| Tennesee Valley Indians |
TVI - television interference. |
| Ten roger |
I acknowlege. |
| Thermos bottle |
Tanker truck. |
| Thin |
A very weak signal. |
| Thin man |
A CB'er with a weak carrier. |
| Thirty three |
10-33, this is an emergency. |
| Thread |
Wires in a CB rig. |
| Threes on you |
Best regards. |
| Threes and eights |
Heavy regards. |
| Throwing |
Transmitting. |
| Ticker tape |
FCC rules. |
| Ticks |
The minutes (each tick is 60 seconds.) |
| Tijuana taxi |
Well-marked police car. |
| Tin can |
CB rig. |
| Tooled up |
A souped up rig. |
| Train station |
Traffic court that fines everybody. |
| Trip |
Strong signal. |
| Turkey call |
Intermittent tone generator. |
| Twenty |
Ten-twenty, location. |
| Twin pots |
A CB'er who has two sets from the same manuafacturer. |
| Two way radar |
Radar used from moving police car. |
| Two wheeler |
Motorbike; motorcycle. |
| Ungowa Bwana |
Okay. |
| Walked all over |
Overpowered by a stronger signal. |
| Wall to wall |
Peg full scale on S-meter; loud and clear. |
| Warden |
The wife (or husband) or the FCC. |
| We gone |
Stopping our sending, will listen. |
| Wheels |
The mobile unit. |
| Weirdy |
A home-made CB rig. |
| Willy Weaver |
A drunk driver. |
| Windjammer |
A long-winded CB'er. |
| Window wash |
A rainstorm. |
| Wrapped loaf |
A CB rig in its original carton. |
| Wrapper |
Paint job on car. |
| XYL |
Ex-young lady; wife. |
| YL |
Young lady. |
| You got copy on me? |
Do you hear me? |
| Youngville |
Young children using the channel. |
| Zoo |
Highway patrol headquarters. |
