![]() Identifying location (often adapted to “What’s your 20?”) Transmission completed (I’m done talking) Popularized and mostly used by truckers, here’s a list of the most popular 10 codes you’ll hear on the radio waves. In addition to CB Slang, you’ll also hear CB operators use 10 codes, another special dialect of the CB community. If you want to really learn the lingo, there’s an entire CB Slang dictionary online.Īn old tube rig or a radio that’s unrepairable ![]() With nearly 2,000 CB Slang Terms, we won’t be listing them all here, but let’s overview some of the most popular ones. ![]() Just like we wouldn’t advise that you jump into a card game with a bunch of Italian mobsters without knowing a little Italian, it’s not a great idea to start communicating broadly through your CB radio without a little local language knowledge. Stay tuned for a blog dedicated to teaching you 10-codes.If you’re new to the CB Radio world, it’s a good idea to familiarize yourself with the CB Slang (and CB Frequencies and Channels). This is a lot to learn, but once you’re out on the road for a while, this will come as second nature to you. Of course, there’s plenty more where this list came from. “Yardstick” – Mile marker on the highway. “Wiggle wagons” – Set of double or triple trailers. The idea that one can travel from East to West Coast without sleep. “West Coast turnarounds” – Uppers, speed, benzedrine pills. “Walked on you” – Drowned out your transmission by keying up at the same time. “Too many eggs in the basket” – Overweight load. “Throwing iron” – Putting on snow tire chains. “Through the woods” – Leaving the interstate to travel on secondary back roads. “Spy in the sky” – Law enforcement aircraft. ![]() “Smoking the brakes” – Trailer brakes smoking from overuse. “Keep the shiny side up” – Have a safe trip. “Schneider Eggs” – Orange cones on construction areas. “Salt shaker” – Road maintenance vehicles that dump salt or sand on winter roads. “Runnin you across” – The weigh station is open and they are weighing trucks quickly. “Road pizza” – Roadkill on the side of the road. “Reading the mail” – Not talking, just listening to the radio. “Ratchet jaw” – Someone who talks a lot on the radio. “Rambo” – Someone who is a tough talker on the radio. “Pogo stick” – Metal, flexible support on trailer catwalk. “Plenty of protection” – Plenty of police in the area. “Plain wrapper” – Unmarked law enforcement vehicle. “Pay the water bill” – Take a restroom break. “Lumper” – Casual labor that loads or unloads trailer. “Lollipop” – Small reflector or marker poles on the sides of highways. “Local-yokel” – A county, city or small-town officer. “Kojack with a kodak” – A law enforcement officer using his/her radar gun. “Having shutter trouble” – Having trouble staying awake. “Hammer lane” – Left, passing lane of traffic. “Gumball machine” or “jackpot” – Lights on the top of a patrol car. “Got my nightgown on” – I’m in the sleeper ready to go to sleep. “Garbage hauler” – Produce load or produce hauler. “Feeding the bears” – Paying a speeding ticket. “Evil Knievel” – Law enforcement officer on a motorcycle. “Convoy” – A group of trucks travelling together. “Comedian” – Median strip between opposite lanes of traffic. “Chicken coop” or “coop” – Weigh station. “Brush your teeth and comb your hair” – Shooting vehicles with a radar gun. “Break” – When the radio is busy, you can say “break-19” to gain control of the channel. “Bobtail” – Driving the tractor without the trailer attached. “Bedbugger” – Household mover or moving company. “Billy Big Rigger” – A bragger or supertrucker. “Mama bear” – female law enforcement officer. “Bear” – A law enforcement officer, usually a State Trooper. If you run over them, they can “bite you”, or do damage to your hoses or belts, fuel crossover lines, or the tractor body. “All locked up” – The weigh station is closed. This knowledge is essential for all truck drivers and amusing to everyone else. You may already know the terms “affirmative” or “10-4”, but there’s a lot more where that came from. Men and women new to trucking should get really familiar with CB radio terms and 10-codes.
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