Road enthusiast slang dictionary

[bugo]

Many of us in the road community have created our own dialect over the years.  We use it a lot in the chat rooms.  Here are some of the words and their meanings:

yy = yes or hi.  the "aloha" of road chats
y = a less enthusiastic yy
nn = no
teethcoster = got booted from the internet
wi = wimpy. used to refer to wuss music and other weak things
pooing is cool = anything you want it to mean
armchair time = good night
so don't let (x) bite = what you say after saying armchair time. (x) is usually something that has been discussed in the chat
(x) LOST TO (y) = an underdog defeated a higher ranked team or a hated team lost
LAP = loud and proud
SBD = silent but deadly
bunker blast  = flatulence

Please add to this list if you're an old roads chat room warrior.

[hbelkins]

I never got into the chatrooms, but there are two terms commonly used that I dislike.

One is "multiplex." Makes me think of a movie theater complex. I prefer the term "overlap" or "co-signed" or "concurrency" or something similar.

The other is "Breezewood" when it's used to describe any freeway-to-freeway connection other than the one involving I-70 in Breezewood, Pa.

[bugo]

I don't like "multiplex" either.  It sounds too nerdy.

Another term I hate is "roadgeek."  It makes me want to abandon the hobby.  I'm not a geek damnit!

[bandit957]

LAP = loud and proud
SBD = silent but deadly

There's also the quiet riot, the one-cheek squeak, and the bastewaste. And of course there are bunker blasts classified by smell, such as the natural gas bunk and the rotten egg bunk.

[bandit957]

Another of the best chat room expressions is, "Out came a boog." People say this when they extract a booger from their nose.

[Alps]

roo = thunder [verb: crack a roo]
bips = sucks
pibs = rocks

[bandit957]

"Because it bips" is also a catch-all snappy answer whenever somebody asks a "why" question that you either don't feel like answering or don't know the answer to.

Another word we use in the chat room is "bubble" as a verb, which means blowing a bubble with bubble gum.

[bugo]

LAP = loud and proud
SBD = silent but deadly

There's also the quiet riot, the one-cheek squeak, and the bastewaste. And of course there are bunker blasts classified by smell, such as the natural gas bunk and the rotten egg bunk.

Don't forget about the infamous and rare dog shit bunk.

[Alps]

"Because it bips" is also a catch-all snappy answer whenever somebody asks a "why" question that you either don't feel like answering or don't know the answer to.

Another word we use in the chat room is "bubble" as a verb, which means blowing a bubble with bubble gum.

How about "but only if poo"? I think it means "unless something unexpected happens."

[Billy F 1988]

I like to use "soup kettle" a lot describing the slushy conditions seen at times on Montana's roads, especially near where I live.

"Driving on glass" describes the pool of water on top of the roadway and the immense reflections. Could also mean icy conditions.

"Driving like a bunch of cabbages" - idiots who don't appreciate the rules of the road. Or if you're like them Alanlanders and you're like this, you're "driving like a bunch of GOATS"!

"40th and Plum" - 40 miles out and plum the heck out of the city! (My dad's catchy term.)

[Roadsguy]

One is "multiplex." Makes me think of a movie theater complex. I prefer the term "overlap" or "co-signed" or "concurrency" or something similar.

I usually say "multiplex." "Overlap" and "co-signed" are just terms I never settled on. But "concurrency" sounds too much like Wikipedia.

The other is "Breezewood" when it's used to describe any freeway-to-freeway connection other than the one involving I-70 in Breezewood, Pa.

A "Breezewood" is any indirect freeway-to-freeway connection where either a high-volume state/US route, or any Interstate, goes from one freeway to another (like I-676 in Philadelphia, even though it's unofficial), or is just a gap in the freeway on an Interstate (like I-78 in Jersey City). Saying a Breezewood is something like the non-interchanges on the PA Turnpike isn't correct, though technically, I guess Breezewood itself is the only "Breezewood."

[cpzilliacus]

A "Breezewood" is any indirect freeway-to-freeway connection where either a high-volume state/US route, or any Interstate, goes from one freeway to another (like I-676 in Philadelphia, even though it's unofficial), or is just a gap in the freeway on an Interstate (like I-78 in Jersey City). Saying a Breezewood is something like the non-interchanges on the PA Turnpike isn't correct, though technically, I guess Breezewood itself is the only "Breezewood."

My idea of a breezewood is a place where freeway traffic must use non freeways to make a connection that should be possible with freeway ramps only. 

That is what we had until very recently in the District of Columbia, where it was impossible to go from I-395 northbound to northbound D.C. 295 (an expressway with no signalized intersections) without driving on arterial streets and through one or more signalized intersections.  Even worse, the movement from southbound D.C. 295 to southbound I-395 required also required driving on arterial streets, but the required routing was different.

[agentsteel53]

there is the inexplicable misspelling "sine".

and, for the record, Michael Summa has never used it.  in salads or otherwise.

[kphoger]

Now I'm glad I don't do the chat.

Word.

[bandit957]

There's also the expression, "I need to go for a ride in the yellow Satellite" or the "brown Satellite" - which refer to bathroom goings.

[hbelkins]

LAP = loud and proud
SBD = silent but deadly

There's also the quiet riot, the one-cheek squeak, and the bastewaste. And of course there are bunker blasts classified by smell, such as the natural gas bunk and the rotten egg bunk.

The definitive description of flatulence was offered by the late George Carlin:

"The fizz, the fazz, the fizz-fazz, the rip-shit, the tear-ass, the snorter and the one that goes whoooooooosh!"

[bandit957]

Also, when a person in the chat room rips a bunker blast, they may say, "A bunkeroo now wafts."

[bandit957]

Who could forget the ever-popular "shit stinks" sayings?

It started with this: "I bet Oscar the Grouch's shit stinks from eating all that trash." It can be adapted for a variety of people, such as Popeye and spinach, Ronald McDonald and Big Macs, etc.

[kphoger]

LAP = loud and proud
SBD = silent but deadly

There's also the quiet riot, the one-cheek squeak, and the bastewaste. And of course there are bunker blasts classified by smell, such as the natural gas bunk and the rotten egg bunk.

The definitive description of flatulence was offered by the late George Carlin:

"The fizz, the fazz, the fizz-fazz, the rip-shit, the tear-ass, the snorter and the one that goes whoooooooosh!"

Ahh, George Carlin and fart jokes....

[roadman]

Another term I hate is "roadgeek."  It makes me want to abandon the hobby.  I'm not a geek damnit!

Glad to see I'n not the only one here who despises the term.

[Alps]

there is the inexplicable misspelling "sine".

and, for the record, Michael Summa has never used it.  in salads or otherwise.

It is not inexplicable. CC Slater (TM) of ROADS! fame applied it to the original Sine Salads (TM), not the Summa Snapz (TM). It is cool because it is spelled like it sounds and you are lame because you do not spell it that way.

[hbelkins]

Another term I hate is "roadgeek."  It makes me want to abandon the hobby.  I'm not a geek damnit!

Glad to see I'n not the only one here who despises the term.

I actually don't mind the term. "Road enthusiast" and "roads scholar" sound too pretentious to me. "Roadgeek" seems to describe a hobbyist's interest in roads.

[Alps]

Another term I hate is "roadgeek."  It makes me want to abandon the hobby.  I'm not a geek damnit!

Glad to see I'n not the only one here who despises the term.

I actually don't mind the term. "Road enthusiast" and "roads scholar" sound too pretentious to me. "Roadgeek" seems to describe a hobbyist's interest in roads.

I go with enthusiast. I am enthusiastic about roads. As second choice, maybe "roads hobbyist."

[oscar]

Another term I hate is "roadgeek."  It makes me want to abandon the hobby.  I'm not a geek damnit!

Glad to see I'n not the only one here who despises the term.

I actually don't mind the term. "Road enthusiast" and "roads scholar" sound too pretentious to me. "Roadgeek" seems to describe a hobbyist's interest in roads.

It seems to me the "geek" part indicates the interest is a little eccentric.  That's fine with me.  "Road enthusiast" is my second choice, though for most people outside our community, that enthusiasm would seem a little weird too.

[Duke87]

I've taken to calling myself an "infrastructure geek" since it's a lot more than just roads that fascinate me.