List of CB slang

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Term
Meaning

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cells: 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?")
cells: 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."
cells: 10-4
Acknowledged; can also be used to denote or emphasize an agreement ("That's a big 10-4.").
cells: 10-6
Busy; stand by.[5]
cells: 10-7
Signing off.
cells: 10-8
En route. ("I'm 10-8 to your location.")
cells: 10-9
Last transmission not received; repeat your last transmission.
cells: 10-10
CB user will cease broadcasting but will continue to listen. ("I'm 10-10 on the side.")
cells: 10-20
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").
cells: 10-33
cells: 3s and 8s
Well wishes to a fellow driver.
cells: 10-36
Correct time ("Can I get a 10-36?")
cells: 10 in the wind
Listening to the CB while driving (also known as "10-10 in the wind").
cells: Affirmative
Yes.[6]
cells: Angry kangaroo
A truck with one (or both) of its headlights out.
cells: Back door
The rear of a vehicle.
cells: Back row
An area of a truck stop, generally located in the back of the property, where prostitutes congregate.
cells: Bear bait
An erratic or speeding driver.[7]
cells: Boop Boop/Cluck Cluck Chicken Truck
Ways chicken haulers greet each other
cells: 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.[6]
cells: Bucket Mouth or Linear lungs
Someone who won't shut up.
cells: Choke and puke
A truck stop restaurant, especially one known for its less-than-quality food.
cells: Copy that or Copy
Acknowledgement "I heard you" or "I understand."
cells: Cotton-pickin'
cells: Double-nickels
A 55 mph speed zone.
cells: Four, Foe
Refers to 10-4, dropping the 10; also "Yeah, Four," "Foe," or "Yeah, foe" (slang for "four").
cells: Flag in five-mile wind
A 45-mph speed zone.
cells: Green stamps
Cash money (refers to S&H Green Stamps).
cells: Go-go juice
I need to get some fuel
cells: Groceries
cells: Turtle race
cells: Starsky and Hutch
cells: Fingerprint
cells: Three Sisters
Three big hills on I-80E between SLC, Utah and Fort Bridger, Wyoming.
cells: Good buddy
In the 1970s, this was the stereotypical term for a friend or acquaintance on the CB airwaves.[1][2][6]
cells: Good numbers
Well wishes to a fellow driver.
cells: 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.[6]
cells: Hundred-mile coffee
Very strong coffee.
cells: Jabber/Jabbering idiot/Babble/Babbling idiot
A CB user transmitting in a foreign language.
cells: Kojak with a Kodak
A police officer with a radar gun.
cells: Lot lizard
A prostitute in a rest area or who works the parking area of a truck stop.
cells: Pickle park
A rest area known for prostitution.
cells: Cash box
An armored car
cells: Turkey hearse
A truck with a load of turkeys headed for slaughter.
cells: Rubbernecking
Looking at something on the side of the road, causing a backup.
cells: Four-wheeler
Any vehicle with four wheels.
cells: Seat cover
An attractive woman in a vehicle, especially one who is scantily-clad.
cells: Semi-pro
Pickup truck drivers congregating with truckers.
cells: On one's donkey
Following one too close; tailgating. ("You have a sports car 'on your donkey'.")
cells: Outdoor TV
A drive-in theatre.
cells: Suicide Jockey
A driver who is hauling dangerous goods, such as explosives.
cells: 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.[8][9] 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."[10]
cells: Wall to wall, treetop tall
A very clear, strong signal.

Questions about this table:
originalText: where did 10 4 good buddy come from
answer: answerTexts: Acknowledged; can also be used to denote or emphasize an agreement