Nap Trap – hotel or other location to sleepĮven if you’re not a truck driver, incorporate some of these into your CB and face-to-face conversations.

Chew and Choke – Restaurant or truck stop.Greasy Spoon – restaurant with bad food.Antler Alley – An area known for deer crossings.Alligator – Shredded tread from a tire on an 18-wheeler.Ballet Dancer – An antenna that sways and bends in the wind.Antenna Farm – A base station with many antennas.Bear, A law enforcement officer at any level, but usually a State Trooper, Highway. All the Good Numbers – Good luck and best wishes A powerful CB radio set in a stationary location.Here are a few that you may or may not recognize. You may also want to read about etiquette of radio communication. Following list shows meanings of the words and phrases often used during a two way radio communication.

Let’s get to know more of two-way radio jargon and their meanings. Many of these phrases stuck and remain part of today’s CB lingo. In simple English it means understood or I got it. Still more, especially ones to hide information from big ears, stemmed from their increased use in the 1970s. Others originated from the increased use of radios by truckers. Some of these came from the use of two-way communication devices during World War II. The coops were workin’ hard on your side going east. That’s just one of the many dozens of nicknames and shortcuts given to standard words and phrases. How’s it lookin’ over your shoulder What’d you leave behind you There was a plain brown wrapper at the 56 yd stick, a bear in the air, and a wreck the 104. It has become so synonymous with troopers or police in each state that it’s probably used off the air as frequently as it’s used when communicating between two CBs. CB radio is sometimes called a squawk box. Another term for a linear is 'kicker', 'heater' or 'foot warmer'. You probably know what the handle ‘Smokey’ or ‘Smokey Bear’ means in CB lingo. We will ask a trucker going the opposite direction, 'Hows it looking over your shoulder', or, 'Whatd you leave behind you' It refers to cops and traffic flow that I need to know about.

Cb radio lingo over and out