List of CB slang - wikipedia List of CB slang This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( January 2014 ) CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio ( CB ), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical. Through time, certain terms are added or dropped as attitudes toward it change. For example, in the early days of the CB radio, the term `` Good Buddy '' was widely used. Nicknames given or adopted by CB radio users are known as ' Handles '. Although this practice is all but dead, many truck drivers will call each other ' Hand ', or by the name of the company they are driving for. CB and its distinctive language started in the USA but was then exported to other countries including Mexico, Germany and Canada. Contents 1 Popular terms 1.1 Law enforcement officers and their equipment 1.2 Trucks and other non-police vehicles 1.3 Destinations 1.4 Other popular terms 2 See also 3 Notes 4 External links Popular terms Law enforcement officers and their equipment Term Description Checkpoint Charlie Police checkpoint placed to look for intoxicated drivers, drivers with valid licenses, etc. ( alludes to the former border crossing between East and West Berlin ). Evel Knievel Police officer on a motorcycle. ( Refers to the popular motorcycle stuntman. ) Gum ball machine / Bubble gum machine Police vehicle, especially one with the older - style, dome - shaped red rotating / strobe light commonly mounted on the roof of police cars, which resembles a traditional `` penny '' gumball machine. Miss Piggy A female police officer. ( Refers to the Muppet character, derived from the pejorative term `` pig '' for police officers. ) Mama bear A less derogatory term for a female police officer. Papa Bear Baby bear er. Bear in the air Police officer in some sort of aircraft. Bear ( See `` Smokey '' below ) Bear trap RADAR or Speed Trap Bear bite / Invitation. Bear 's den / Bear cave Bear rolling discos A speeding police car with its lights flashing. Blue Light Special A police vehicle with its blue strobe lights flashing. ( Refers to the popular Kmart sale gimmick. ) City kitty A local city police officer. County mounty A county sheriff or deputy. Fox in the hen House unmarked police vehicle. Kojak With a Kodak Police Officer running radar. Bear with ears A police officer monitoring the CB airwaves. Flying donut A police helicopter. Chicken coop A scale house ( truck scale ). Full grown Bear Smokey A police officer ( refers to Smokey Bear, known for wearing a campaign hat very similar to that included in many highway patrol uniforms in the United States ). Wall - to - wall bears A large number of police vehicles, especially when on a chase. Taco Stand. Trucks and other non-police vehicles Term Description Aircraft carrier Blinkin winkin / Kiddie car Bulldog A Mack road tractor, noted for its trademark bulldog hood ornament. Bullfrog An ABF truck. Bobtail rig Buster Brown Cornbinder / Thirteen Letter Shit Spreader A Navistar International Truck Dung Beetle A Volkswagen Beetle with a male driver. Freightshaker Jimmy A GMC Truck ( Big Rig ) K - Whopper A Kenworth truck. Louisville A Ford L - Series truck. Meat Wagon An ambulance. Pete / Peter Car A Peterbilt truck. Piggy back A truck towing another truck. Portable parking lot / Rolling parking lot Traffic at a standstill Pregnant rollerskate A Volkswagen Beetle. Pumpkin / Pumpkin roller A Schneider National truck. Reefer A refrigerated trailer or flatbed trailer hauling a refrigerated container. Rolling refinery A tanker truck, typically carrying fuel. Salt Shaker Scanny A Scania truck. There are around 500 in the United States. It 's very rare, so it 's used only in social media ( truck pages in Facebook, YouTube, etc. ). Skateboard A straight, flatbed trailer. Wiggle Wagon A truck with more than one trailer. Yard dog, yard goat, or mule Terminal tractor used to move trailers in a shipping / freight yard. Destinations Term Meaning Beantown Boston, Massachusetts Big Apple New York City, New York Bingo or Bingotown Binghamton, New York Big D Dallas, Texas Cow Town Fort Worth, Texas Derby City Disney Town. Fort God. Guitar Town Gunspoint. Hotlanta Atlanta, Georgia Idiot Island California Job Town Clinton, New Jersey Lost Wages Las Vegas, Nevada Mardi Gras New Orleans, Louisiana Mickey Mouse Orlando, Florida ( a reference to Walt Disney World resort ). Monkey Town Montgomery, Alabama Motor City Detroit, Michigan Queen City Cincinnati, Ohio ; Buffalo, New York Pizza and Murder Chicago, Illinois Rhymes With Fun Regina, Saskatchewan Rock City Little Rock, Arkansas Shakey City or Shakeytown Los Angeles, California ( a reference to earthquakes ). Stack of Bricks A house or home. ( `` I 'm heading back to my stack of bricks. '' ) Steam town Scranton, Pennsylvania The Sticker Patch Phoenix, Arizona ( a reference to cacti in the area ). T Town Texarkana, Texas / Arkansas ; Tulsa, Oklahoma Tonto Toronto, Ontario Taco Town Windy City Other popular terms `` 01 '' `` 02, 03, 04, etc. '' `` 4 - 10 '' A reversal of the ten code `` 10 - 4, '' when asking if someone agrees with something said or if one 's transmission was received. ( `` That was a nasty wreck. Four - ten ? '' ) `` 5 by 5 '' 5 by 5 indicates that another CB user can be heard clearly. An exceptionally clear / strong transmission is described as `` wall - to - wall and treetop tall. '' `` 10 - 4 '' ( sometimes simply `` 4 '' ) Acknowledged ; can also be used to denote or emphasize an agreement ( `` That 's a big 10 - 4. '' ). `` 10 - 6 '' Busy ; stand by. `` 10 - 7 '' `` 10 - 8 '' `` 10 - 9 '' `` 10 - 10 '' CB user will cease broadcasting but will continue to listen. ( `` I 'm 10 - 10 on the side. '' ) `` 10 - 20 '' ( more often simply `` 20 '' ) Denotes location, as in identifying one 's location ( `` My 20 is on Main Street and First '' ), asking the receiver what their current location or destination is ( `` What 's your 20 ? '' ), or inquiring about the location of a third person ( `` Ok, people, I need a 20 on Little Timmy and fast '' ). `` 10 - 33 '' `` 3s and 8s '' `` 10 - 36 '' ( `` Can I get a 10 - 36 ? '' ) `` 10 - 51 '' `` '' ( `` I 'm 51 to you. '' ) `` 10 - 100 '' ( polite ). `` 10 - 200 '' `` 10 in the wind '' Listening to the CB while driving ( also known as `` 10 - 10 in the wind '' ). `` 99 '' `` Affirmative '' Yes. `` Angry kangaroo '' A truck with one ( or both ) of its headlights out. `` Back door '' The rear of a vehicle. `` Back row '' An area of a truck stop, generally located in the back of the property, where prostitutes congregate. `` Bear bait '' An erratic or speeding driver. `` Boop Boop / Cluck Cluck Chicken Truck '' Ways chicken haulers greet each other ; `` Break / Breaker '' Informing other CB users that you 'd like to start a transmission on a channel. May be followed by either the channel number, indicating that anyone may acknowledge ( e.g. `` Breaker One - niner '' refers to channel 19, the most widely used among truck drivers ), or by a specific `` handle '', which is requesting a particular individual to respond. `` Bucket Mouth '' or `` Linear lungs '' Someone who wo n't shut up. `` Choke and puke '' A truck stop restaurant, especially one known for its less - than - quality food. `` Copy that '' or `` Copy '' Acknowledgement ; `` I heard you '' or `` I understand. '' `` Cotton - pickin ' '' `` Double - nickels '' A 55 mph speed zone. `` `` Four, Foe '' Refers to 10 - 4, dropping the 10 ; also `` Yeah, Four, '' `` Foe, '' or `` Yeah, foe '' ( slang for `` four '' ). `` Flag in five - mile wind '' A 45 - mph speed zone. `` Green stamps '' Cash money ( refers to S&H Green Stamps ). `` Go - go juice '' I need to get some fuel `` Groceries '' `` Turtle race '' `` Starsky and Hutch '' `` Fingerprint '' `` Three Sisters '' Three big hills on I - 80E between SLC, Utah and Fort Bridger, Wyoming. `` Good buddy '' In the 1970s, this was the stereotypical term for a friend or acquaintance on the CB airwaves. ( 1 ) ( 2 ) `` Good numbers / 3s and 8s '' Well wishes to a fellow driver. `` Handle '' The nickname a CB user uses in CB transmissions. Other CB users will refer to the user by this nickname. To say `` What 's your handle ? '' is to ask another user for their CB nickname. `` Hundred - mile coffee '' Very strong coffee. `` Jabber / Jabbering idiot / Babble / Babbling idiot '' A CB user transmitting in a foreign language. `` Kojak with a Kodak '' A police officer with a radar gun. `` Lot lizard '' A prostitute in a rest area or who works the parking area of a truck stop. `` Credit card machine '' `` Pickle park '' `` Cash box '' `` Turkey hearse '' A truck with a load of turkeys headed for slaughter. `` Rubbernecking '' Looking at something on the side of the road, causing a backup. `` Four - wheeler '' Any vehicle with four wheels. `` Seat cover '' An attractive woman in a vehicle, especially one who is scantily - clad. `` Semi-pro '' Pickup truck drivers congregating with truckers. `` On one 's donkey '' Following one too close ; tailgating. ( `` You have a sports car ' on your donkey '. '' ) `` Outdoor TV '' A drive - in theatre. `` Suicide Jockey '' A driver who is hauling dangerous goods, such as explosives. `` Sandbagging '' Listening to CB conversation without participating, despite having the capability of speaking. This is not the same as listening in using a simple receiver, as the person sandbagging can transmit using the two - way radio, but chooses not to. It is for the purpose of monitoring CB users for entertainment or for gathering information about the actions of a particular user. Often, CB users `` sandbag '' to listen to others ' responses to their previous input to a conversation, sometimes referred to a `` reading the mail. '' `` Wall to wall, treetop tall '' A very clear, strong signal. See also Ten - code Notes Jump up ^ Richard David Ramsey ( 5 Mar 2004 ), `` The People Versus Smokey Bear : Metaphor, Argot, and CB Radio '', The Journal of Popular Culture, XIII ( 2 ) : 338 -- 344, doi : 10.1111 / j. 0022 - 3840.1979. 1302_338. x ^ Jump up to : Preston, Benjamin ( February 21, 2013 ). `` How To Talk On A CB Radio ''. Jalopnik. Retrieved September 19, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Citizens Band ( CB ) Service ''. FCC.gov. Federal Communications Commission. Retrieved September 19, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Trucker Slang and CB Radio Lingo ''. TruckersReport.com. Retrieved September 19, 2015. Jump up ^ CB Ten Codes ^ Jump up to : Howard Jackson, Etienne Zé Amvela, `` CB talk '', Words, meaning and vocabulary : an introduction to modern English lexicology Jump up ^ cbslang.com - CB Slang Dictionary Jump up ^ ' The Truckers Place ' Truckers Slang Jump up ^ ACBRO Team Inc 1980 - Advocates For Australian CB Radio Clubs And Operators Jump up ^ Getting Familiar With CB Codes, Phrases, and Terminology External links CB Slanguage Language Dictionary - The Official ( Including Cross Reference ) ( 3 ) at https://www.amazon.com/Slanguage-Language-Dictionary-Including-ebook/dp/B008CS72W6 Complete CB Slang Dictionary at cbslang.com Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_CB_slang&oldid=801443120 '' Categories : Encodings Lists of slang Radio hobbies Hidden categories : Articles that may contain original research from January 2014 All articles that may contain original research All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from June 2015 Wikipedia articles needing clarification from October 2016 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Français Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 19 September 2017, at 18 : 17. 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Question: what does cb stand for in cb radio
Answer: Citizens Band