Road enthusiast slang dictionary

[bugo]

If you think geek sounds...geeky, "Roads Scholar" just makes you sound like a pretentious asshole, even if you're just being ironic.

I'm being ironic, but I'd rather be pretentious than geeky.

[Molandfreak]

If you think geek sounds...geeky, "Roads Scholar" just makes you sound like a pretentious asshole, even if you're just being ironic.

I'm being ironic, but I'd rather be pretentious than geeky.

If I called you a "guitar geek," would you find it worse than a "guitar scholar?"

Of course, this isn't really a fair comparison

[Takumi]

I always use "FIFY" instead of "FTFY."

Since no one has provided an answer -- Fixed It For You and Fixed That For You.

I just use "Fixed".

[on_wisconsin]

Since no one has provided an answer

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http://www.internetslang.com/FTFY-meaning-definition.asp

[hbelkins]

You didn't provide an answer. You provided a link to an answer. There is a difference.

[NE2]

You didn't provide an answer. You provided some text that contains an answer. There is a difference.

[SSOWorld]

You didn't provide an answer. You provided a link to an answer. There is a difference.

H.B. - That is an answer - he just backed it up.

[kphoger]

Thought:

To what extent do trucker CB jargon and road enthusiast slang coincide?

"Yeah, Breaker one-nine, this here's the Rubber Duck. You got a copy on me Pig Pen, come on."

Seriously, aside from occasionally referring to interstate weigh stations as "Chicken Coops," I don't think I've integrated much trucker slang into the roadgeek world.

I was wondering if people ever referred to passenger cars as "four-wheelers", cops as "bears", 55 as "double nickel", the middle vehicle in a convoy of three as the "rocker", etc.

[NE2]

Cops are pigs.

[Brandon]

Cops are pigs.

Only to left-wing radicals.  To truckers, they're "smokeys", "bears" (both are usually for state troopers due to the uniform and hat), and "county mounties".  There's also "fuzz".

[Alex]

To truckers, they're "smokeys", "bears" (both are usually for state troopers due to the uniform and hat), and "county mounties".  There's also "fuzz".

Bear was the term I recall (1990s) being used the most for police. If one had someone pulled over "he had the disco lights flashing".

I was wondering if people ever referred to passenger cars as "four-wheelers", cops as "bears", 55 as "double nickel", the middle vehicle in a convoy of three as the "rocker", etc.

"four-wheeler" was used often for truckers irritated with cars cutting them off or otherwise disrespecting them.

A few other CB related terms I heard regularly were:

"42" was another way of say "yes" or "understood".

If you were referred to as a "mud-duck" or if you were using a "Radio Shack special" it meant your CB sucked.

"what's your 20?" referred to "10-20" which was "location"

if your radio had "heat" it meant the governor was removed that limited it to the FCC-approved wattage (which was 4 watts IIRC). It also could refer to other modifications to amplify the signal, save for actually adding a separate amplifier.

"shooting skip" was the CB equivalent of "Dx'ing".

"sideband" was the high or low end of frequencies that were accessible to higher end or custom-built CB's.

FYI, there was a thread in 2010 on CB radios.

[SSOWorld]

Cops are pigs.

Only to left-wing radicals.  To truckers, they're "smokeys", "bears" (both are usually for state troopers due to the uniform and hat), and "county mounties".  There's also "fuzz".

Unmarked car - "smokey in a plain brown wrapper".

[hbelkins]

CB'ing really got to be a hobby around these parts in the 70s. We got one for Christmas one year; it was a mobile unit that we installed in my mom's car. I even remember our FCC-assigned call sign -- KCJ-5600. This was well before they expanded the spectrum from 23 channels to 40. Every community had its unofficial channel that it used for chit-chat; ours was channel 11. Of course 19 was the highway (truckers') channel.

I have a handheld CB that I bought several years ago, which also has a weather radio, but I haven't used it in ages. I ought to buy a rubber-ducky magnet mount and install it and use it on trips for entertainment purposes.

[bandit957]

The '70s were cool.

CB radios. Punk rock. Disco. 'The Dukes Of Hazzard'.

We need to bring it all back!

[route56]

"42" was another way of say "yes" or "understood".

I thought "42" was the answer to Live, the universe, and everything.

DON'T PANIC! and keep your towel handy

[Brandon]

Cops are pigs.

Only to left-wing radicals.  To truckers, they're "smokeys", "bears" (both are usually for state troopers due to the uniform and hat), and "county mounties".  There's also "fuzz".

Unmarked car - "smokey in a plain brown wrapper".

Or plain white wrapper as many or the unmarked cars tend to be colored white.

Trucker and CB lingo dictionary: http://www.thetruckersreport.com/trucker-slang-and-cb-radio-lingo/

[Dr Frankenstein]

42 is the Answer to Life, the Universe and Everything.

I use 10-4 for "Understood." Or just "Copy."

[agentsteel53]

Only to left-wing radicals.  To truckers, they're "smokeys", "bears" (both are usually for state troopers due to the uniform and hat), and "county mounties".  There's also "fuzz".

here in California, the truck enforcement cars - all white - are known as polar bears.

[US71]

CB'ing really got to be a hobby around these parts in the 70s. We got one for Christmas one year; it was a mobile unit that we installed in my mom's car. I even remember our FCC-assigned call sign -- KCJ-5600. This was well before they expanded the spectrum from 23 channels to 40. Every community had its unofficial channel that it used for chit-chat; ours was channel 11. Of course 19 was the highway (truckers') channel.

Back in High School, the neighbor kids would play on the CB with bogus "Smokey" sightings or ask about Smokey sightings

[Dougtone]

In a world full of acronyms, especially in the railroad universe & text messaging, there are some that still escape my understanding.  Some I can look at and understand, others not so much.  One I've seen here on this forum is "FTFY". What does this stand for?

Without previously knowing the meaning of FTFY, I was trying to figure out if it really meant "For This, F--- You."  I couldn't draw any conclusion other than the use of a swear word, for some reason.

[Brandon]

In a world full of acronyms, especially in the railroad universe & text messaging, there are some that still escape my understanding.  Some I can look at and understand, others not so much.  One I've seen here on this forum is "FTFY". What does this stand for?

Without previously knowing the meaning of FTFY, I was trying to figure out if it really meant "For This, F--- You."  I couldn't draw any conclusion other than the use of a swear word, for some reason.

Heh.  I've always thought FTFY could be taken two ways: 1) Fixed That For You, or 2) Fucked That For You.  It all depends on the context. 

[Duke87]

"FTFY" is a bit of netspeak which has popped up in the last few years. It used to be you would just say "Fixed" or sometimes "Fix'd" in the same context.

I figured out immediately what the former meant the first time I saw it, being already quite familiar with the latter.