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alligator n. - a tread or recap from a blown tire. Creates a road
hazard.
Rel. alligator bait: bits and pieces of a
blown tire.
at your back door adj. - behind a truck. "You got a bear at your back
door."
Ant. front door: front of a truck.
back row n. - the area at some truck stops where hookers hang out.
Bambi n. - a deer, whether dead or alive. Rel. swamp donkey: a moose.
bear/Smokey n. - a county or state cop. Rel. she bear: a female cop.
bedbuggers n. - moving companies.
bear in the air n. - a police airplane that monitors highway speeds
below.
big/tall rubber n. - 24-inch tires. Rel. small rubber: 22-inch tires.
bingo cards n. - paper cards that hold trucking permits from various
states.
Bluebird n. - A Martin Truck company's truck. Named because of bird
painted
on the side of the trailers.
bobtail adj. - running without a trailer.
boogie n. - top gear. "I've got 'er up into boogie now."
brake check n. - a sudden slowdown in traffic, where you have to hit
the
brakes.
Bulldog n. - a Mack truck.
bumper sticker n. - an automobile following you too closely. Syn. -
hitchhiker.
bundled out adj. - loaded very full.
Cabbage n. - a long steep incline in eastern Oregon. "I smoked the
brakes
comin' off of Cabbage."
cash register n. - a toll booth. "You're coming up on a cash register
at
yardstick 154."
chicken lights n. - extra lights on the truck and trailer.
city kitty n. - a female city police officer.
comedian n. - the median strip.
comic/funny book n. - a Department of Transportation logbook, required
by law.
coop/chicken coop n. - a weigh station.
Corn Flake n. - a Consolidated Freightways truck.
county mountie n. - a sheriff. Syn. - local yokel.
covered wagon n. - a gravel trailer topped with a tarp.
crotch rocket n. - a motorcycle. Syn. - murdercycle.
destruction n. - road construction.
double nickel n. - 55 miles per hour, the speed limit.
down stroke n. - a hill going down. Ant. - up stroke: a hill going up.
dragon wagon n. - Tow Truck.
dragon fly n. - a truck with no power, i.e. drag up hill, fly down hill.
dry box n. - a freight trailer. Syn. - van.
18-wheeler n. - any articulated truck (even though many have fewer or
more
than 18 wheels).
4-wheeler n. - a passenger car.
Evil Kenivel n. - a motorcycle cop.
FreightShaker n. - a Freightliner truck.
garbage n. - produce, i.e. hauling garbage.
gearjammer/gearslammer n. - a speeding truck driver, one known to
accelerate/decelerate
quickly.
General Mess of Crap n. - GMC trucks by Volvo/White.
Georgia Overdrive n. - neutral gear.
good buddy n. - a homosexual.
go to the Harley v. - to put your CB on channel 1. Rel. - go to double
Harley: to turn the CB to channel 11.
got your ears on expression - used when looking for someone on the CB.
"Hey HT, you got your ears on?"
gouge on it v. - go fast, step on it.
granny lane n. - the right, slow lane on an interstate highway or
freeway.
greasy side up adj. - when a car or truck has flipped over. "There's a
4-wheeler with the greasy side up."
green stamps n. - money, usually tolls.
ground pressure n. - weight. "The coop is just checking ground
pressure;
no sweat."
gumball machine n. - lights on top of a police cruiser. "He's got his
gumball
machine going." Rel. - hit the
jackpot: when police lights are flashing. "Looks like someone hit the
jackpot."
hammer down v. - go fast, step on it.
hammer lane n. - the fast, passing lane on an interstate highway or
freeway.
Syn. - bumper lane.
haulin' dispatcher brains v. - pulling an empty trailer, deadheading.
Syn.
- haulin' sailboat fuel.
have shutter trouble v. - to fall asleep. "He ran off the road. Must of
had shutter trouble."
Ho Chi Minh Trail n. - California Highway 152, which has heavy traffic
and is a "minefield" of accidents.
hood n. - any conventional tractor, as opposed to a cab-over. Syn. -
long-nose.
hook n. - a tow truck.
$100 lane n. - the left lane of a highway or freeway that has more than
two lanes in each direction.
in the big hole adj. - in top gear.
Kenworthless n. - a Kenworth truck. Syn. - K-Whopper.
Kojak with a Kodak n. - a police officer with a radar gun. "There's a
Kojak
with a Kodak behind the overpass."
large car n. - a big, fancy truck.
Left Coast n. - the West Coast.
lot lizard n. - a truck-stop hooker. "Wow, get a load of the lot
lizards
in the back row! Of course, they'll all
scramble for cover when the sun comes up."
meat wagon n. - ambulance.
mission n. - a rush load. "I'm on a mission today."
motion lotion n. - fuel.
parking lot n. - a truck carrying automobiles. Also, a traffic back-up.
pickle park n. - a rest area or roadside park, often a hangout for
hookers.
plain white wrapper n. - an unmarked police car.
power up v. - go fast, step on it.
pumpkin n. - Schneider company trucks. So named because of their bright
orange color.
reefer n. - a refrigerated cargo trailer. "The sign at the front desk
at
Motel 6 says, 'No running reefers after 9
p.m.'"
road pizza n. - a badly mangled road kill.
rollerskate n. - any small car. Originally referred to a Volkswagen.
salt shaker n. - a snow plow.
sand box n. - a gravel trailer. Syn. - coal bucket.
Schneider eggs n. - orange drums used by road work crews to block off a
lane. They're the same color as
Schneider company trucks.
scoot n. - a Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Sesame Street n. - CB channel 19. Named so because of child-like
behavior
that sometimes occurs. Especially
around urban areas.
Shakey Side n. - the West Coast of the US.
shoot you in the back v. when a hidden highway cop uses a radar gun
after
you pass. "You got a bear settin'
under the bridge who's gonna shoot you in the back when you go by."
skate board n. - a flatbed trailer.
skins n. - tires. Syn. - rubbers.
Slow Wheels In Fast Traffic n. - another name for SWIFT company's
trucks.
smokin' scooter n. - a motorcycle cop. Syn. - Evel Knievel.
stagecoach n. - a tour bus.
Sure Wish I'd'a Faster Truck n. - the SWIFT company's trucks.
swinging adj. - carrying a load of carcass beef.
taking pictures v. when a cop is using radar equipment. "There's a
smokin'
scooter taking pictures at yardstick
25."
thermos bottle n. - a tanker trailer. Syn. - pipeline, portable gas
station.
too many eggs in the basket adj. - overweight.
toothpicks n. - lumber. "I got a load of toothpicks."
travel agent n. - dispatcher.
triple digit ride n. - a truck that can exceed 100 miles per hour.
VW n. - a Volvo/White tractor.
Wally World n. - a Wal-Mart truck, store or dist. center.
West Coast turnarounds n. - benzedrine pills, speed. So called because
a driver could theoretically take some
and drive from the East Coast to the West Coast, turn around, and drive
back east without stopping to sleep.
wiggle wagons n. - double or triple trailers. Syn. - pups, rolling
trouble,
snakes, wasp-waists.
yardstick n. - a mile marker alongside a highway.
