We all wanted to talk like a trucker after seeing trucking movies like Smokey and the Bandit, Black Dog and Convoy. Trucking lingo is still as cool as ever. So if you want to speak trucker, try using these phrases the next time you’re on a CB radio and you’re sure to fit in. 10-4!

  • All locked up: weigh station closed
  • Alligator: piece of tire debri- if you’re not careful it can flip up and “bite you”
  • Back it down: slow down
  • Bear: law enforcement officer
  • Bear bite: speeding ticket
  • Bikini: Florida
  • Bird dog: radar detector
  • Brush your teeth and comb your hair: radar gun is monitoring cars
  • Bumper sticker: someone who is tailgating
  • Chicken lights: truck and trailer with extra lights
  • Convoy: trucker’s traveling together
  • City Kitty: female police officer
  • Destruction Zone: road construction
  • Double nickel: 55 mph
  • Driver awards: ticket or citation
  • Evil Knievel: law enforcement on a motorcycle
  • Furniture wreckers: moving companies
  • Go juice: diesel fuel
  • 42: Yes or Ok
  • Go- go juice: diesel fuel
  • Green stamps: money
  • Hood ornament: motorcycle
  • Lollipop: small reflector poles on the side of the highway
  • Meat wagon: ambulance
  • Quiz: breathalyzer test
  • Salt Shaker: snow plow
  • Skins: tires
  • Warden: wife
  • We’re clear: sign off
  • Zipper: painted lines on the road
  • 10-4: message received

If you are a new driver or have friends who drive 18 wheelers, who you’re trying to keep up with, here’s some of the popular trucker lingo translated to real English.