CB SLANG TEN CODES
Code Definition Code Definition
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10-1 Receiving poorly 10-41 Please tune to channel ___
10-2 Receiving well 10-42 Traffic accident at ___
10-3 Stop transmitting 10-43 Traffic tie up at ___
10-4 Okay 10-44 I haved a message for ___
10-5 Relay message 10-45 All units please report
10-6 Busy, stand by 10-46 Assist motorist
10-7 Out of service 10-50 Accident
10-8 In service 10-51 Wrecker needed
10-9 Repeat message 10-52 Ambulance Needed
10-10 Transmission completed 10-53 Road Blocked
10-11 Speak slowly 10-57 All units comply
10-12 Visitors present 10-59 Convoy/Escort
10-13 Weather/Road Conditions 10-60 What is next message number?
10-14 Prowler 10-62 Unable to copy use phone
10-16 Make pick up at ___ 10-63 Prepare to make written copy
10-17 Urgent Business 10-64 Network Clear
10-18 Anything for US 10-65 Not directed to ___
10-19 Return to base 10-66 Message cancellation
10-20 Location 10-67 All units comply
10-21 Call by land line (telephone) 10-69 Message received
10-22 Report in person to ___ 10-70 Fire at ___
10-23 Stand by 10-73 Speed trap at ___
10-24 Assignment completed 10-75 You are causing interference
10-25 Can you contact ___ 10-77 ETA (time of arrival)
10-26 Disregard last info 10-82 Reserve lodging
10-27 Switch to channel ___ 10-84 My telephone number is ___
10-28 Identify your station 10-85 My address is ___
10-29 I am leaving this location 10-88 Advise telephone number
10-30 Does NOT conform to FCC rules 10-89 Radio repair needed
10-31 Crime in progress 10-90 I have television interference
10-32 Radio Check 10-91 Talk closer to mike
10-33 Emergency traffic 10-92 Have your transmitter checked
10-34 Trouble, need help 10-93 Check my frequency
10-35 Confidential Information 10-94 Give me a long count
10-36 Current time 10-95 Transmit 5 second dead carrier
10-37 Record needed at ___ 10-99 Missing complete, units secure
10-38 Ambulance needed at ___ 10-100 Personal Reasons
10-39 Your message delivered 10-200 Police needed at ___
COMMON TRUCKER/11 METER OPERATOR LINGO
Term Meaning
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A Little Help Extra power.
Advertising A marked police car with lights on.
Affirmatory Yes.
Alligator Station Someone who only talks and does not listen or
a radio that transmits but does not receive.
Anchored Modulator Base station.
Appliance Operator A CB'er who knows nothing about his radio or
the proper way to use it.
Attic Channel 40 (highest channel).
Back Door The last mobile in a line of trucks who is
watching what's coming up from behind.
Background Noise or static on the channel.
Back Her On Down Slow down.
Back 'Em On Out Ending conversation.
Back Quiet/Back Out Finished using radio or done transmitting.
Back Stroke Return trip.
Bagging Police catching speeders.
Barefoot Running without power booster or linear.
Barley Pop Beer
Barn Truck garage.
Base Station Radio at home/fixed location.
Basement Channel 1 (lowest channel).
Bean Store Restaurant or road stop where food is served.
Bear Police.
Bear In The Air Police helicopter or fixed wing aircraft.
Bear In The Bushes Police hiding.
Bear Bait Someone driving fast without radio near police.
Bear Bite Speeding ticket.
Bear Cave/Den/Cage/Lair Police station.
Bear Story Police location report.
Beating The Bushes Vehicle driving ahead of a group and going
just enough over the speed limit to arouse the
attention of the police or highway patrol.
Better Cool It Slow down or stop transmitting.
Better Half Your wife or husband.
Big Brother Police or Federal Communications Commission
Big Dummy Affectionate term for friend.
Big Ears Radio with high gain or sensitive receive.
Bird Thunderbird.
Bird In The Air Unidentified helicopter or aircraft.
Bit On The Seat/Britches Got a speeding ticket.
Black And White Police unit.
Black And White CB'er Police unit equipped with CB radio.
Black Water Coffee
Bleeding Over Carrier or transmission spilling over onto
other channel(s), usually caused by excess
audio modulation.
Blinkin' Winkin' School bus.
Blood Box Ambulance or paramedic.
Blowin' Smoke Coming in loud and clear.
Bob-Tail Semi-tractor running without a trailer.
Bodacious Coming in loud and clear.
Boat Anchor A big old radio.
Boom-Squash Transmitting over another radio's carrier.
Bootlegging Using another station other than your own or
transmitting with illegal power or on illegal
frequencies.
Boots/Shoes/Galoshes Power boosters or linear amplifiers.
Bottle Popper Beverage truck.
Break Request to suspend the current conversation on
a channel to call for another station.
Breaking Up Signal or audio is fading in and out.
Bring It On Go ahead; the response to asking for a Break.
Brown Bottles Beer
Bubble Gum Machine Vehicle topped with flashing/revolving lights.
Bucket Mouth Radio operator who will not or cannot shut up.
Bull Jockey Someone who talks a lot of bull on the radio.
Bumper Lane Passing lane on a 4-lane road.
Burning Up My Ears Has a very good and strong signal.
Bushel Half a ton - one thousand pounds.
Candy Man Federal Communications Commission agent.
Camera Hand-held radar unit.
CB Land The environment of CB radio, as in "TV Land".
Charlie Federal Communications Commission
Chicken Box CB Radio
Chicken Coop Truck weighing station.
Chicken Inspector Weigh station inspector.
Choo-Choo Train Semi hauling two trailers.
Clean Shot Road is clear of police or highway patrol.
Clear Off the air or clear from the channel.
Come Back Response or respond.
Convoy Group of travelers trucking together.
Cotton-Picker Fellow CB'er.
Copying The Mail Listening to people talk on the channel.
County Mountie County sheriff.
Definatory Definitly.
Diesel Car Semi-tractor truck.
Diesel Digit Channel 19
Diesel Dummy Derogatory name for a truck driver.
Dime Channel Channel 10
Dog Greyhound Bus
Dog Biscuits Decibels.
Do It To It Traveling right along not wasting any time.
Double L Telephone (land line).
Double Nickel 55 miles per hour.
Doubled Two stations accidentally transmitted at once.
Don't Feed The Bears Don't get caught by the police/highway patrol.
Draggin' Wagon Wrecker
Dummy Empty police car, parked as a decoy.
Dusted Your Britches Transmitted over your transmission.
Ears Radio's receiver.
Eat-Up Stop Restaurant or truck stop.
Eights/Eighty-Eights Hugs and kisses.
Eye In The Sky Airplane checking speed.
Eleven Meters CB radio band.
Fat Load Overweight load.
Feed The Bears Pay a speeding ticket.
Fifty Dollar Lane Left-most or passing lane.
Final Last transmission.
Finals Final radio transmission circuits.
Flag Waver Highway worker.
Flat Side Horizontal polarization or bed/sleep.
Flip/Flip Flop/Flip Side Return trip or U-turn.
Fluff Stuff Snow
Fly In The Sky Possible police or highway patrol aircraft.
Forty-Weight Coffee
Four Ten Yes.
Front Door First mobile in line, usually who lets others
know what is on the road ahead.
Funny Candy Company Federal Communications Commission.
Give A Shout Give a call.
Get Back Go ahead, done transmitting.
Getting Out/Up Transmitting.
Going Horizontal Lying down and going to sleep or switching to
horizontal polarization.
Going Thataway Signing off or heading away from home.
Gone/We Gone Signing off and clearing channel.
Good Buddy Fellow CB'er
Good Numbers Best regards and good wishes.
Got A Copy? Do you hear me?
Got Your Ears On? Is your radio on and do you hear me?
Grass Median strip or along the side of the road.
Green Light The road ahead is clear.
Green Stamps Money (one stamp is one dollar) or a ticket.
Green Stamp Road Toll road.
Ground Clouds Fog.
Guarantold/Guarantelling Telling you the truth.
Haircut Place Low clearance overpass.
Handle CB alias or nickname.
Hammer/Hammer Down Accelerator pedal or strong carrier.
Harvey Wallbanger Reckless driver.
Helper Linear amplifier.
Holding Onto Your Mudflaps Driving right behind you.
Hole In The Wall Tunnel
Horizontal Going to bed or horizontally polarized.
Home Twenty Location of your home.
Honey Bear Female state trooper or highway patrol.
How About It? Come back, say it, we're calling you.
In A Short Soon.
In A Short Short Very soon.
Invitations Police traffic citations and tickets.
Keep 'Em Between The ..
.. Ditches Have a safe trip.
Keep The Shiny Side Up ..
.. & The Greasy Side Down Have a safe trip.
Kicker Linear amplifier.
Land Line Telephone.
Linear Illegal transmission power amplifier.
Little Box Mobile linear amplifier.
Local Yokel/Smokel Local or city police.
Looking Thataway Looking for a police/highway patrol report.
Loose Board-Walk Bumpy road.
Making The Trip You're transmitting okay, I can hear you.
Mama Bear Police woman.
Marijuana Taxi Fully outfitted police cruiser.
Marker Mile marker - milepost on the highway.
May Day International emergency distress call.
Mercy Sakes Wow!
Modjitating Talking.
Motor Motor Travel.
Motion Lotion Diesel gasoline.
Mud Coffee
Nap Trap Rest area or motel.
Negatory No.
Nickel Channel Channel 5.
On The Peg Legal speed limit.
On The Side Finished talking but will be monitoring.
Over Your Shoulder Behind you.
Over Transmission over, your turn.
Patch Town.
Peanut Butter In The Ears Somebody who can't hear too good.
Peanut Whistle Low power station or station without linear.
Pedal To The Metal Accelerator floored.
Plain Wrapper An unmarked police car.
Picture Taker/Pictures Rader.
Pictures Radar.
Porcupine Mobile with several antennas.
Portable Chicken Coop Dept of Transportation mobile weigh station.
Pokey Jail
Portable Parking Lot Auto carrier.
Portable Stockyard Cattle truck.
Post Mile marker.
Pounds Watts or notches on the signal meter.
Pull The Plug/Big Switch Turn off the radio and go off the air.
Put An Eyeball On You See you in person.
Put My Teeth Up For .. Turn the radio off for the day.
.. The Night
QSL Card Postcard acknowledging conversation on radio.
Radio Check Request to know if and how radio is working.
Ratchet Jaw One who talks excessively on the radio.
Reading The Mail Listening to the channel.
Rest 'Em Up Stop Rest stop.
Rig CB radio or vehicle.
Rock Radio crystal.
Rocking Chair A truck somewhere between the first and last
trick in a convoy or line.
Roger Roller-Skate A four-wheeler going quickly in and out between
different trucks.
Roller-Skater A small car such as a compact or import.
Rolling Roadblock Vehicle going under the specified speed limit
and holding up traffic.
S-Meter Incoming radio signal strength meter.
S-Unit S-meter reading increment.
Shoes Linear amplifier.
Sailboat Fuel Running on an empty gas tank or having no load
in the trailer.
Seeing Eye Dog Police or highway patrol radar detector.
Seat Covers Passengers, usually female.
Shake The Trees And .. Lead vehicle watch ahead and rear vehicle watch
.. Rake Leaves
behind in a group of vehicles with CB contact.
Show-Off Lane Left-most lane of highway.
Skating Rink Slippery road.
Skip Land Any place farther than 60 miles away.
Skip Talker A CB'er who talks long distances.
Slider Device which can be placed on a radio to give
it the ability to get in between channels or
out of the legal CB band.
Smokey The Bear Police officer or highway patrolman.
Smokey's Got Ears Police/highway patrol with a CB radio.
Sounding Choice Have a good sounding signal.
Smoke On It Go ahead and start talking.
Squawk Box CB radio.
Suicide Sleeper Truck with sleeper over cab.
Super Skate Sports car.
Sweet Thing Lady.
Taking Pictures Police or highway patrol using radar.
Ten Four Yes.
Thermos Bottle Tank truck.
Three 3's/73's Good luck and best wishes.
Tiajuana Taxi Highway patrol car with lights and sirens.
Train Station Court with high guilty rate.
Two Wheeler Motorcycle or bicycle.
Truck 'Em Easy Drive easy and careful.
Twins Dual antennas.
Twister Highway interchange.
TVI Television interference.
Vertical Vertical ground plane antenna.
Vertical Side Vertical polarization.
Walking On/All Over You Another station is transmitting over you.
Walking Tall Good sounding signal and powerful transmit.
Wall To Wall, Treetop Tall Loud and clear signal.
Wall To Wall Bears Lots of highway patrolmen/police.
Weight Watcher Mobile truck weighing station.
What Am I Putting On You? How many pounds am I hitting you with?
Willy Weaver Drunken driver.
X-Band Radar frequency police and highway patrol use.
X-Ray Machine Radar gun.
Yeah Four Ten Four, Yes.
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