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Popular slang terms

Some of the popular slang terms included:

• "Handle." A Handle is the nickname a CB user uses in CB transmissions. Other CB users will refer to the user by this nickname. To say "What's your handle?" is to ask another user for their CB nickname.
• "What's your twenty?" This is asking the receiver what their current location is. This term comes from the ten code 10-20.
• "County Mountie." This refers to a Sheriff's deputy car.
• "Smokey." A law officer. A "smokey report" is what CB users say when they have information on a law officer, such as location or current activities.
• "Bear." Another slang term for a law officer.
• "Bubble gum machine." A law enforcement vehicle.
• "Back door." The area behind a vehicle. To say "I got your back door" means that someone is watching another's back.
• "Put the hammer down." Slang for flooring the accelerator.
• "Put the pedal to the metal." Another slang term for pushing down on the accelerator.
• "Seat cover." An attractive female passenger in a vehicle.
• "Four." Usually short for the ten code 10-4, which means acknowledged, ok, etc.
• "Rolling refinery." A semi truck carrying fuel.
• "Got your ears on?" Asking the receiver if they are on the air and listening to you.
• "Breaker (channel number)" Telling other CB users that you'd like to start a transmission on a channel.
• "Breaker, breaker to (CB user handle)." A slang term telling another user that you'd like to speak to them.