The U.K. CB Slang Museum
No longer the days of 10-4 good buddy or Keep
your nose between the ditches and the bears off your britches, keep your
shiny side up and your greasy side down, or even 10-10 till we do it again.
These classic CB Saying have now been laid
to rest in the annals of the Sexy Seventies and the Erotic Eighties. But
for those who would like to take a trip down memory lane here are some
well-worn sayings, although rarely used today, still sound good and I hope
they bring back some memories of when CB was in it's heyday.
After burner... Linear
amp
Air bear... Police helicopter
Ankle biter... Young Child
Auntie mary... A.M. Radio
Back... Over(Back to you)
Back at ya... Answering
Back door... Rear CB'er
Back 'em down... Slow
down
Barefoot... Legal rig
Basement... Channel 1
Base station... Home based
CB'er
Bear... Policeman
Bear cage... Police station
Bear in the air... Police
helicopter
Bears wall to wall...
Police everywhere
Bear trap... Police radar
Beaver... Woman
Bending the needle...
Strong signal
Big ten-four... Yes
Bleed over... Interference
from another channel
Blowing my windows out...
Strong signal
Bone box... Ambulance
Bone yard... Cemetery
Boots... Linear amp
Breaker... CB'er
Brown bottle... Beer
Busby... G.P.O.
Buck Fuzby... CB Magazine
cartoon character
Cancer stick... Cigarette
Catch a few Z's... Sleep
Catch you on the flip-flop...
Speak to you on the return trip
Coffee shop... Restaurant
Come back... Answer back
Come on... Answer back
Convoy... Group of CB'ers
travelling together
C.Q.... Calling any station
C.W.... Continuous wave
D.B.... Decibel
Dead key... Key mike without
speaking
Doughnut... Roundabout
Do you copy?... Can you
here me?
Ears on... CB Radio on
Earwig... Listen without
talking
Eighty eights... Love
and kisses
E.R.P.... Effective radiated
power
Eyeball... Meet another
CB'er
Five and nine... Good
strong signal
Five by five... Strong
signal
For sure... Definitely
Four... Yes
Four on that... Yes
Give me a shout... Answer
back
Granny lane... Slow lane
Green back... Cash
Green stamps... Cash
Hammer down... Speed up
Handheld... Walkie talkie
Handset... Walkie talkie
Hit the hay... Sleep
Home 20... Home
Kicker... Linear amp
Kojak with a Kodak...
Police radar
Little woman... Wife (not quite P.C. no
letters please)
L.S.B.... Lower Side Band
Making the trip... Good
signal
Mayday... Distress call
Modulate... Talk on CB
Monitor... Listen without
talking
Motion lotion... Petrol
Motor mouth... CB'er who
talks too much
Negatory... No
One-eyed monster... Television
Over modulation... Talking
to close to mike
P.T.T.... Push to talk
switch
Put the pedal to the metal....
Speed up
Radio check... Transmission
report
Ratchet jaw...CB'er who talks too much
REACT... Radio Emergency
Associated Citizen's Team
Rig... CB Radio
Roger D.... Yes
Rubber Duck... Possibly
the most famous handle ever
Rug Rats... Kids
Seat cover... Attractive
woman
Seventy three's... Good
luck
S-meter... Signal meter
Smokey... The police (Jackie
Gleeson)
Spliced... Married
S.S.B.... Single side
band
Stamping... Talking over
another breaker
Super slab... Motorway
S.W.R... Standing wave ratio
Swar... SWR Meter
Ten-Four... Yes,Ok,Roger
etc.
U.S.B.... Upper side band
Wall to wall and treetop tall...
Good strong signal
What am I pushing you...
Signal reading
Wiped out... Over powered
by a stronger signal
Wrapper... Car
XYL... Wife
You got a copy on me...
Can you here me
ZZZZ's... Sleep time
Here Are Some Ways We Used To End
Conversations
10-10 till we do it again, Bye-Bye we gone,
We're up we're down, we're in,we're out, we're clear, 73's and 88's, 10-10
catch you later....SEND ME SOME
MORE.
I hope you remember some of these, I am trying
to compile a list of Town and City handles if you can remember what your
Town was known as please E-mail
me and let me know.
And just one more thing, most of British CB Slang was
a cut down version of what the Americans used, but we never said Mercy or Mercy
sakes, what was all that about???
Hi,
One or two gems from Cheshire.
"Burning Shoeleather" was the act of walking whilst using a handheld
rig.
"Hang 5" was a request to wait for apx 5 mins
"Plastic Pig" was a Reliant Robin
"Jam Butty/Sandwich" was Motorway patrol Police car (red stripe along
side of white vehicle)
"P-T" young lady breaker (Prick Teaser - cough!)
"Twig" how did you miss that one?
"Burner" Linear Amp
"Coffee Warmer" Linear Amp
"Beer Voucher" paper currency
"Put the anchors on" to stop as quickly as possibe
The only town I can remember is:-
"Salt City" was the town Northwich, Cheshire
Regards
David
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