Trucker Slang For Wiggle Wagon

Meaning:A police officer. "Bear" comes from the trucker slang term "Smokey BearThis denotes a state trooper. Troopers resemble Smokey Bear because of their hats.

Use It In A Sentence:"There's a bear up ahead right after the state line, so you might want to slow down."

Meaning: A piece of blown tire treadThis comes from the scaly, jagged look of shredded big rig tires. Gators can sever the brake lines of older trucks, but newer models have special protections against this.

Use It In A Sentence:"I blew out two tires at the same time and left a bunch of gators behind."

Meaning: A speeding car.Most often, this is a speeding passenger vehicle. It inadvertently "protects" other vehicles speeding behind it from ticket-happy bears.

Use It In A Sentence: "He flew past me, easily doing 90. But the joke's on him because he was bear bait and helped the whole convoy notch up our speed."

Meaning:A police aircraftused to monitor traffic.

Use It In A Sentence:"I was cruising along at 90 miles per hour without a care in the world until I was spotted by a bear in the air."

Meaning:A driver who tailgatesto excess. This driver stays so close they stick to your bumper like a sticker. They are also called a "hitchhiker."

Use It In A Sentence: "I wish I could get this bumper sticker off me. I need to take it slow on these snowy roads."

Meaning: Not nearly as dirty as one might think. A wiggle wagon isa truck with two or more trailersattached to it.

Use It In A Sentence:"Dang! It's impossible to handle this wiggle wagon when the wind kicks up!"

Meaning: The act of coasting down an inclinein neutral to save gas. Drivers usually use this only on long hills or mountains with a long enough slope for a rig to coast.

Use It In A Sentence:"There are some pretty big stretches between fueling stops on his route, so Frank's going through the mountains of Colorado on Georgia overdrive."

Meaning:A police officer wielding a radar gun. It gets its name from the popular 1970s television crime drama Kojak,as well as the brand of camerasand film.

Use It In A Sentence:"There was no way I was speeding, but Kojak with a Kodak said I was 10 miles over the speed limit."

Meaning: Speed pills. These are uppers. The term describes caffeine or energy pills, but it mainly applies to amphetamines. West Coast turnarounds are usually large black pills and were used for coast-to-coast hauls without sleep.

Use It In A Sentence:"Back in the day, we use to take West Coast turnarounds and make it from Boston to San Francisco in two days."

Meaning:Usually a roadside rest area, though the term might also apply to a truck stop. It is named for... well, you can probably guess.

Use It In A Sentence:"I can't hold it anymore. I'm paying the water bill at the next pickle park I see."

Meaning: A police station.

Use It In A Sentence: They pulled Wally over for driving all over the road, charged him with a DUI, and took him to the bear cave.

Meaning: CB shorthand for Los Angeles. The city sits on active fault lines. Some people confuse Shaky Town with LA or San Francisco; the trucker anthem "Convoy" by C.W. McCall describes driving on Interstate 10 "bout a mile outta Shaky Town." Interstate 10 runs through LA, not San Francisco. The song includes trucker slang, especially about bears.

Use It In A Sentence: Jill stops in Shaky Town before finishing her run in Dago.

Meaning:CB shorthand for Atlanta, Georgia. Or, alternately, Amarillo, Texas.

Use It In A Sentence: "I've driven all day, but I can't reach Tallahassee. I'm stopping in the Big A to rest."

Meaning:Just lurking and listening on the CB radio without speaking.

Use It In A Sentence: "Hey Burt, you on? Or you just reading the mail again?"

Meaning:CB shorthand for Nashville. The name honors Nashville's status as a music hub.

Use It In A Sentence:"Guitar Town was active that night. Tina got stuck in traffic on Interstate 24 for three hours!"

Meaning:A lane truckers are prohibited from using. The name comes from a fine truckers faced for using that lane once. Today, many states still restrict left-lane use for truckers, though fines are now usually hundreds of dollars.

Use It In A Sentence: "I drove in the 50-dollar lane for 10 miles before learning Indiana has laws against it."

Meaning:"There's a cop with a radar gun ahead." This is a warning a trucker gives others. While "Kojak with a Kodak" names the cop, this classic trucker phrase is a heads-up.

Use It In A Sentence: "Brush your teeth and comb your hair. Kojak with a Kodak on the northbound side just after the truck stop on Route 7."

Meaning:CB shorthand for Chattanooga, Tennessee. Inspired by the 1941 big band classic "Chattanooga Choo Choo."

Use It In A Sentence:"I'll pull into Choo-Choo by sunset—let's meet for dinner."

Meaning: Stopping for a bathroom break.

Use It In A Sentence:"Over and out. I'm leaving for the next exit and paying the water bill before I eat."

Meaning: "Turn your CB to channel 19." Channel 19 is used often. They named it after the popular kids' show because many new truckers gather there.

Use It In A Sentence:If you want the latest road gossip, go to Sesame Street and read the mail.

Meaning: CB shorthand for Kansas City.

Use It In A Sentence:"Bob drove into Bright Lights during a bad storm, and he nearly lost control of his rig."