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CB Language
Typically a special slang is used in CB radio. Some special terms
originate, for instance, from amateur radio or the professional radio
communication, other expressions stand for periphrases or abbre-
viations:
Advertising Flashing lights of police car
Back off Slow down
Basement Channel 1
Base station A CB set in fixed location
Bear Policeman
Bear bite Speeding fine
Bear cage Police station
Big slab Motorway
Big 10-4 Absolutely
Bleeding Signal from an adjacent channel
interfering with the transmission
Blocking the channel Pressing the PTT switch without
talking
Blue boys Police
Break Used to ask permission to join a
conversation
Breaker A CBer wishing to join a channel
Clean and green Clear of police
Cleaner channel Channel with less interference
Coming in loud and proud Good reception
Doughnut Tyre
Down and gone Turning CB off
Down one Go to a lower channel
Do you copy? Understand?
DX Long distance
Eighty eights Love and kisses
Eye ball CBers meeting together
Good buddy Fellow CBer
Hammer Accelerator
Handle CBers nickname
Harvey wall banger Dangerous driver
How am I hitting you? How are you receiving me?
Keying the mike Pressing the PTT switch without
talking
Kojac with a kodak Police radar
Land line Telephone
Lunch box CB set
Man with a gun Police radar
Mayday SOS
Meat wagon Ambulance
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