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Re: Trucker Slang (revised 1-2008)
CB Town - Council Bluffs, IA
Camera - Police radar or laser
Cash Box - Toll booth
Cash Register - Toll Booth
CB Rambo - Wannabe tough guy on CB
Cheese Wagon - Yellow school bus
Chicken Coop - Weigh station
Chicken Lights - Decorative marker lightson truck and/or trailer
Chili Bowl, the - Chillicothe, OH
Choke-N-Puke - Greasy spoon restaurant
Choo Choo - Chattanooga, TN
Cigar City - Tampa, FL
City Kitty - Local police
Constitution, the - Connecticut
Cornhusker, the - Nebraska
Comic Book - Drivers’ log book
Commercial company - Prostitute
Corn Flake - Consolidated Freightways truck
Cow Town - Calgary, AB
Comedian - Median strip
Coal Bucket - Dump Trailer
Cooling a Tire - Truck on shoulder, driver urinating
Coops - Weigh Station
County Mounty - County Sheriff or police
Covered Wagon - Flatbed trailer with staked sides covered with tarpaulin
Cowboy, the - Texas
Crotch Rocket - Japanese street motorcycle
Curtain Sider - Trailer similar to a box trailer except that the sides are movable curtains.
Deadhead - Drive an empty truck
Derby, the - Louisville, KY
Diesel Bear - Commercial Motor Vehicle police; Aka revenue collector
Dirty side - East coast
Disco Lights - Lights atop police car
Dispatcher Brains - Light or empty load
Dog is Barking - Signal on radar/laser detector
Dolly - Detachable front axle assembly
Dome, the - Houston, TX
Donkey - Behind rear of truck
Double Nickle - 55 MPH speed limit; Interstate route 55
Dragonfly - Truck going slow uphill and fast downhill
Dragon Wagon - Tow truck
Drom Box - A Box mounted behind the cab and forward of the 5th wheel
Drop Deck - Trailer on which the floor drops down a level
Dry Box - A plain truck box or trailer, i.e. no refrigerator
Ears - A CB radio; as in “have you got your ears on?”
Evel Knievel - Police officer on a motorcycle
Flat Face - A cab over engine (COE) tractor
Flip side - Return trip
Flying Hook - Flying J truck stop
Freightshaker - Freightliner truck
Friendly, the - Philadelphia, PA
Front Door - First truck in a convoy
Full Grown Bear - State Highway patrol officer
Garden, the - New Jersey
Gas Hole - Rear end of a 4 wheeler
Gator or Gator Tail - Blown tire pieces in roadway
Gateway, the - St. Louis, MO
Georgia Overdrive - Neutral gear
Go-Go Juice - Fuel
Golden, the - California
Good Buddy - Homosexual
Gouge on it - Hammer down;Speed up
Grand Canyon, the - Arizona
Granite, the - New Hampshire
Granny Lane - Right highway lane
Greasy Side Up - Overturned vehicle
Greasy Spoon - Cheap restaurant
Green Stamp - Pennsylvania turnpike
Ground Pressure - Truck weight
Guitar, the - Nashville, TN
Gumball Machine - Lights atop police car
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Terry and Rene'
Cargo Van Owner/Operators.
FedEx Custom Critical 1989 - 2008
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