Trucker lingo
when you uh-hem pee in a jug and throw it out the window....
HA HAHAA....
If you see a driver throwing one out the window is when you call the police & turn them in for littlering.
Their are some drivers that are out there that are to lazy to stop 5 minutes some place & use a restroom. The pee in those bottles driving down the road & then don't want the urine bottle contaminating their truck so it gets toss out the window.
Swift lane...Right Lane
Lot Lizzards...prositutes
pickle park...truck stop
petting the kitty....girl enjoying herself while driving
climbing the big hill...goin up a mountain
falling down the hill....goin down the moutain
crossing the creek....goin over a bridge
big puddle...ocean
jumping on...entering the highway/interstate
jumping off...leaving highway/interstate
skateboard...flatbed
dragging air...empty trailor
refer...refridgerated trailor
bobtail...truck with no trailor
eye out/black eye/winking at me...headlight burned out
10-9...please repeat
catch some winks...take a nap/sleep
these are just a few I could think of not already mentioned
Alligator - piece of tire on the road
Anchor it - apply breaks for emergency stop
Aviator –– speeding driver
Backdoor - truck at the end of the line
Back’’em off - slow down
Back’’em out of here - take a standby
Barber Shop - low overhang
Bareback - tractor without its trailer
Bean hauler - a driver who transports fruits and vegetables
Bear - Police officer
Bear den - police station
Mamma Bear - Female police officer
Full grown bear - state police officer
Beaver - woman driving a car or truck
Bed bug hauler - moving van driver
Better half - wife
Big hat - state trooper
Big rigger - arrogant driver or one who will only drive long trailers
Big ten-four - to agree
Binders - brakes
Birdyback - truck containing containers that came by airfreight
Black Eye - burnt out headlight
Blind side - passenger side of a truck and trailer
Blowing me out - doing a super job of transmitting
Blown pumpkin - flat tire
Bob tail - tractor cab driven without trailer, also straight truck
Bo day shush - good, great
Bogey - an assembly of two or more axles
Boll weevil - a novice truck driver
Bone box - ambulance
Boomers - binder devices used to tighten chains around cargo on flatbed trailers
Boom it down - tighten chains around freight
Box - semi-trailer, also transmission part of the tractor
Brake Check - when all the traffic in front of you suddenly slows down or stops
Breaker, Break - a request to talk
Break the unit - uncouple the tractor from the trailer
Bubble gum machine - lights on a police car
Bull Dog - Mack truck
Bull hauler - one who hauls livestock
Bundled Out - trailer is loaded
Bumper Sticker - car following too close
Captured - someone pulled over by the police
Cherry picker - high cab over tractor sometimes called "peach picker"
Chicken coop - weigh station
Chicken Lights - extra lights on a truck
Chief hood lifter - garage superintendent
Circus wagon - low sided trailer with high bow tarp
City flyer - short, low trailer used for making city deliveries
Close the gates - close the rear doors of trailer
Coffee pot - restaurant
Coffin box - sleeper compartment independent of truck cab
Comeback - please respond/repeat
Comic Book - drivers log book
Copy - understood, or as a question 'did ya hear me'
County mounty - county police
Cowboy - reckless driver, driver frequently changing lanes and/or driving too fast
Creeper gear - lowest gear or combination of gear used for extreme power
Crotch Rocket - motorcycle
Diesel Jockery - truck driver
Dock-walloper - one who loads and unloads vehicles and handles freight on the dock (also called a lumper)
Donuts - truck tires
Doodle-bug - small tractor used to pull two axle dollies in a warehouse
Do it to it - speed up
Drag down - shift too slowly to lower gears
Driving award - speeding ticket etc.
Drop the body - unhook and drive tractor away from parked semi
Drop the hammer - accelerate to full speed
Dry box - dry freight trailer
Dusting - driving with wheels on road shoulder
Ears - CB turned on
Eighteen wheeler - tractor-trailer combination
Eight’’s and good numbers - so long, singing off
Eighty eighths to ya - love and kisses
Eye in the sky - police helicopter
Evil Kenivel - motorcycle cop
Feds - federal communication commission
Feed the bears - get a ticket from the police
Feet - term for linear amps, more than legal power
Fifth wheel - device used to connect a tractor to a semi-trailer
Fifty dollar lane - inside lane on four lane highway
First Coast - East coast (see also Left Coast)
Fishyback - transporting motor truck trailers and containers by ship
Five-five - loud and clear
Flatbed - truck or trailer without sides and top
Flatface - cab over engine
Floater - driver without a steady job
Floating the gears - shifting gears without using the clutch
Floats - large single, instead of dual tires
Flying orders - trip instructions issued to driver by his dispatcher
Four wheeler - automobile
Freightshaker - Freightliner truck
Frilly blouse - good looking woman in a car
Front door - lead truck
Gear bonger - driver who grinds gears when shifting
Gear jammer - driver who continually clashes the gears
General Mess of Crap - GMC trucks by Volvo/White
Glad hands - air hose brake system connections between tractor and trailer
Go, break - start talking
Going Horizontal - going to lie down and sleep
Got the hammer down - accelerating
Got your ears on - do you have your CB on
Grab-one - down sifting when going up hill in order to gain power
Green stamp highway - toll highway
Green stamp - tollbooth
Gypsy - an independent truck driver
Hammer down - going full speed
Handle - code name for cb’’ers
Hauling post-holes - driving an empty truck or trailer
High speed chicken feed - methamphetamines, aka crank (also called gofast)
Hood lifter - mechanic
Horse - tractor or power unit
Horse light - spotlight mounted on cab to reveal open-range livestock
Horses - engine horsepower
Honey Bear - female police officer
Hot load - rush shipment of cargo
Hundred mile coffee - extremely strong coffee
Iron - old truck
Jacking it around - backing a semi-trailer around a very sharp curve
Japanese toy - CB radio
Jumped the pin - missing the fifth wheel pin on the trailer when coupling tractor to trailer
Juvenile delinquent - someone pretending to be a truck driver
Lying (Telling lies) - filling out the log book
Landing gear - device that supports front end of semi-trailer when not attached to a tractor
Lay down - stop transmission, let someone else get through
Lay on the air - apply brakes
Left Coast - West coast (see also First Coast)
Liar - dispatcher, or broker...mostly the brokers
Lie sheet - driver’’s logbook
Local yokel - local city police
Long Legged - fast truck, or lasting many miles/hours
Lot Lizard - prostitute at a truck parking lot (associated with playin house, or gettin a back rub)
LTL - "Less than load" This is a term used to describe a load that has cargo bound for more than one destination. Meaning that less than the entire load is being delivered to at least one location.
Lumper - one who loads and unloads vehicles and handles freight on the dock (also called a dock-walloper)
Mamma - the wife
Maniac - shop mechanic
Mexican overdrive - kicking out the gear going down grade
Mile Markers - the small signs marking the miles on the interstates
Milk run - easy trip
Minnie - less than 100-pound shipment
Modulate with you - nice talking to you
Monfort lane - passing lane
Motion lotion - coffee
Negatori - no
Nose dive - trailer tipped forward on its nose
Oakie blower - air scoop on air intake to increase power
On the flip flop - talk to you later
On the move - Smokey driving, not stopped
On the side - just listening
Out riggers - devices used for increasing width of trailers
Pajama wagon - sleeper tractor
Pancake - brake diaphragm housing
P. & D.’’s - pick up and deliveries of freight
Peanut wagon - small tractor pulling a large trailer
Pedal to the middle - gas pedal pressed to floor
Peddle run - truck route with frequent delivery stops
Peg-leg - tandem tractor with only one power axle
Picture taker - police mean with radar
Pickle Park - small rest area
Pig - trailer transported on flat car
Piggyback - trailers or containers carried by rail
Pigtail - cable used to transmit electrical power to trailer
Pike - turnpike
Pin-up - hook tractor to semi-trailer
Post - milepost on interstate highway
Pots - flares placed on highway to warn traffic of hazard
Pour on the coal - step on the gas
Power brake - open throttle while applying brakes
Pregnant Roller Skate - Volkswagen Beetle
Pull the pin - release the fifth wheel lock
Pump - amplifier
Pumpkin Driver - driver for Scheider National
Put on the air - apply the brakes
Put on the iron - put on tire chains
Rags - bad tires
Ratchet jaw - talks too much
Rebound - on the way back
Reefer - refrigerated trailer
Ride shotgun - siting in the passenger seat
Rig - tractor/trailer or other combination
Roadhog - motorist who takes more than his share of the highway
Rocking chair - second driver in truck
Rollerskate - very small car
Rubbernecker - a person who slows way down to stare at nothing (usually small fender
benders, or routine police traffic stops)
Set it down - stop quickly
**** - small city trailer
Shake the lights - blinking headlights as a warning signal
Sheep herder - driver with questionable ability
Sick horse - tractor in poor condition
Sidewinder - sideband CB radio
Skins - tires
Skunk juice - linear amp
Smoke him - pass another vehicle
Smoker - tractor emitting excessive smoke from exhaust
Smokey - highway patrol
Smokey with ears - police car with CB
Spin out - lose traction on slippery highway
Squeeler - tachograph
Straight or Rigid Truck - A single unit truck with engine, can, and cargo compartment all on the same frame
Sucker brakes - vacuum brakes
Swamper - a helper who rides with the driver
Tailboard artist - one who thinks he’’s a perfect driver
Taking pictures - radar
Talking skip - communicating with someone a thousand miles or more on a CB
Tied up - obstruction on highway
Tijuana taxi - marked police car
Toolin down the highway - driving at normal speed
Truck’’em easy - have a good trip
Truck jockey - truck driver
What's Your 20? - where are you?
White rabbit - policeman
White wrapper - unmarked police car
Woodchuck - driver with low job seniority
You got a copy? - can you hear me?
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