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Almost all of these came from " trucker's ". As time goes bye some of these will be forgotten and new ones will be added.
Here is what I can remember and compiled from numerous sources :
CB Slang---
A kind of language occurring chiefly in casual and playful speech, made up typically of short-lived coinages and figures of speech that are deliberately used in place of
standard terms for added raciness, humor, irreverence, or other effect.
F
Fake brake---- (
Riding the brake.
)
Fancy seat covers---- (
Good looking legs.
)
Fat daddy---- (
Overloaded truck.
)
Fat load---- (
Overloaded (too much weight).
)
FCC---- (
Federal Communications Commission.
)
Fed---- (
Federal officer.
)
Feds---- (
Inspectors from FCC or DOT; federal officer.
)
Feed the bears---- (
Get a ticket or paying a speeding fine or ticket.
)
Feed the ponies (or horses)---- (
Bet at the race track or Loose at the racetrack.
)
Feelers---- (
Antennas.
)
Fender bender---- (
Minor accident.
)
Fer sure---- (
Affirmative (for sure).
)
Fifteen will get you twenty---- (
Don't play around with underaged girls.
)
Fifth wheel---- (
Connector or coupler (trailer hitch) on track trailer trucks.
)
Fifth-wheeler---- (
Truck running without trailer.
)
Fifty-dollar lane---- (
In side or passing lane on multi-lane highway.
)
56-46-58---- (
Bad looking woman.
)
Fill her up with high test and give her your best---- (
Have a good trip and see you soon.
)
Filly---- (
Girl.
)
Final---- (
Last transmission.
)
Final twenty---- (
Destination.
)
Fine job---- (
Good trip, good audio.
)
Finger---- (
CB channel hopper.
)
Fingerprint---- (
To unload a trailer by yourself.
)
Fingers---- (
Person who constantly changeschannels.
)
Finger wave---- (
Obscene gesture.
)
Fire in the wire---- (
Amplified AM transmission.
)
Fireworks---- (
Lights of many police cars.
)
First Personal---- (
A person's actual first name, not their handle. (e.g. "What's your First
Personal?"). See Also "Last Personal".
)
First Sargent---- (
Wife.
)
Fish---- (
Plymouth Barracuda.
)
Fishing poles---- (
Dual antennas.
)
Fishing rod---- (
Antenna.
)
Fishyback---- (
Trailers being transported by boat; ship carrying.
)
Flat bottom---- (
Same as flatback trailers.
)
Five and nine---- (
Good strong signal.
)
Five below---- (
Channel 19 (5 channels below Channel 23).
)
Five-by-five---- (
Signal coming in clear.
)
Five-finger discount---- (
Stolen merchandise.
)
Five-five---- (
National Speed Limit (i.e. 55 mph).
)
Fix---- (
Location.
)
Fixed station---- (
Base station.
)
Fix or repair daily---- (
Ford truck.
)
Flagtown---- (
Flagstaff,Arizona-USA.
)
Flag waver---- (
Road construction worker or highway repair crew.
)
Flag waver taxi---- (
Highway truck.
)
Flake (flakey)---- (
Used in place of four-letter adjectives.
)
Flappers---- (
Ears.
)
Flaps down---- (
Slow up.
)
Flashing---- (
Getting sick.
)
Flashlight shirts---- (
Pearl snaps on shirts.
)
Flatback---- (
Truck with a flat back.
)
Flatbackers---- (
Hookers.
)
Flatbed---- (
Truck with an open trailer.
)
Flat bottom---- (
Same as flatback.
)
Flat face---- (
Trailer.
)
Flat foot---- (
Policeman on foot or on beat.
)
Flatkey---- (
55 mph.
)
Flatkeying---- (
Keying the mike.
)
Flats---- (
Large tires used instead of two smaller ones.
)
Flat Side---- (
The horizontal polarization (Going to sleep).
)
Flat Talking---- (
Talking on the ground wave.
)
Flick---- (
Movie.
)
Flight man---- (
DOT employee.
)
Flip---- (
Change of direction.
)
Flip flop---- (
Change of direction; return trip.
)
Flip flopping bears---- (
Police cars constandtly changing direction.
)
Flipper---- (
The trip home.
)
Flip side---- (
On the return side of the road; i.e., the other side.
)
Float---- (
Same as flatback.
)
Floater---- (
Independent trucker.
)
Floating the gears---- (
Shifting without using the clutch.
)
Floats---- (
Large truck tires.
)
Flop box---- (
Cheap motel or room in truck stop.
)
Flop it---- (
turn around.
)
Fluff snuff---- (
Snow.
)
Fluffy foot---- (
Slow-moving woman driver.
)
Flying kites---- (
Stuff falling off back of truck.
)
Flying orders---- (
Dispatcher's routing instructions.
)
Fly in the sky---- (
Police aircraft.
)
Fly paper---- (
Slippery road.
)
Floding camera---- (
Police car equipped with Vascar radar.
)
Fog lifter---- (
Yellow lights; someone who explains something; interesting CB'er.
)
Follow the stripes home---- (
Head home or have a safe trip.
)
Follow the yellow brick road---- (
Go to the bank.
)
Foot in the carburetor---- (
Police car in pursuit; speeding car.
)
Footwarmer---- (
Homemade or bootleg linear amplifier.
)
For sure---- (
That's right; definitely.
)
Forty D---- (
Same as "Ten-Four".
)
Forty-footer---- (
Same as "18 Wheeler".
)
Forty-fours---- (
Children; kisses.
)
Forty over---- (
Good audio.
)
Forty Roger---- (
Message received.
)
Forty-two---- (
I understand and agree with you.
)
Forty weight---- (
Coffe sometimes Beer.
)
Four---- (
Short for the ten code 10-4, which means acknowledged, ok, etc.
)
Four-banger---- (
Four speed, four cylinder engine.
)
Four by four---- (
Bronco, Blazer or Jeep with a 4 x 4 cargo area.
)
Four D---- (
Same as "Ten Four".
)
Four-lane parking lot---- (
Interstate Highway.
)
Four-legged go-go girls---- (
Pigs.
)
Four on that---- (
Yes.
)
Four Roger---- (
Same as "Ten Four".
)
Four Ten---- (
Goodbye; Same as "Ten Four".
)
Four Ten Roger---- (
Same as "Ten Four".
)
Four-wheeler---- (
Passenger car or small van.
)
Four-wheeler with fire in his tail---- (
Speeder.
)
Fox---- (
Sexy lady.
)
Fox Charlie Charlie---- (
FCC.
)
Fox hunt---- (
FCC Inspectors on lookout for violators.
)
Fox hunt (game) ---- (
CB'ers looking for another Cb'er, using RF Gain needle.
)
Fox Jaws---- (
Sexy voice, but not necessarily a body to match.
)
Foxtrot Charlie Charlie---- (
FCC.
)
Foxy beaver---- (
Attractive woman.
)
Foxy Lady---- (
Sexy Attractive Woman.
)
Franklin Community College---- (
FCC.
)
Free ride---- (
Prostitute.
)
Freight box---- (
Trailer.
)
FreightShaker---- (
A Freightliner truck.
)
Frequency Privileges---- (
The specific band segments assigned to holders of each particular license.
)
Friendly Candy Company---- (
The first letters form the acronym FCC Federal Communications Commission -
which CBers do not find particularly friendly, generous, or good company.
)
Frilly blouse---- (
Sexy woman.
)
Frisco---- (
San Francisco,California-USA.
)
Frisky City---- (
Same as "Frisco".
)
Front door---- (
Lead car or truck in line of vehicles moving in a convoy,
responsible for reporting on situation ahead (including radioing cars coming in opposite direction);
area and traffic situation ahead of front vehicle; in front of you or to the front ("you got a bear about 2 miles on your front door")
.
)
Front end---- (
Same as "Front Door".
)
Fruitliners---- (
White Motor Co. truck.
)
Fugitive---- (
CB'er operating on channel other then his home channel or favorite.
)
Full bore---- (
Traveling at full speed.
)
Full dress taxi---- (
Police car in pursuit with lights and sirens on.
)
Full grown---- (
State Trooper.
)
Full grown with a captured---- (
Highway patrol with someone pulled over.
)
Full of vitamins---- (
Engine with horsepower or running full bore.
)
Full throttle---- (
Same as "full bore".
)
Funny books---- (
Pornography.
)
Funny bunch of idiots---- (
FBI.
)
Funny bunny---- (
Disguised police car.
)
Funny Candy Company---- (
FCC.
)
Funny Channels---- (
Channels that are outside the legal 11meter band.
)
Fur lined seat cover---- (
Female passenger.
)
Furniture-van body---- (
A tralier transporting furniture.
)
Furniture Wreckers---- (
Moving companies.
)
Fuzz---- (
Police.
)
Fuzz buster---- (
What the police call a Radar Detector.See also "Smoke Detector".
)
Technical Terms & Abbreviations---
Means practical knowledge on electrical systems including installing, maintaining, operating, or repairing electrical equipment.
Fading---- (
Signal reduction due to atmospherics.
)
FCC---- (
Federal Communications Commission.
)
Fed---- (
Federal officer.
)
Feds---- (
Inspectors from FCC or DOT; federal officer.
)
Feedline ---- (
Wire or cable connecting a radio to an antenna.
)
FET---- (
Field effect transistor--Used in more expensive SSB rigs.
)
Field Strength Meter---- (
Measures the strength of signal, useful when positioning antenna;
a test instrument used to show the presence of RF energy and the relative strength of the RF field.
)
Filter---- (
A circuit designed to pass only the desired frequencies.
)
Final---- (
The last amplifying stage of a radio transmitter.
)
Fire in the wire---- (
Amplified AM transmission.
)
First Personal---- (
A person's actual first name, not their handle. (e.g. "What's your First
Personal?"). See Also "Last Personal".
)
Fix---- (
Location.
)
Fixed station---- (
Base station.
)
Flatkeying---- (
Keying the mike.
)
Flat Side---- (
The horizontal polarization.
)
Flat Talking---- (
Talking on the ground wave.
)
F-layer---- (
The region of the ionosphere found approximately
90 to 400 miles above Earth and which is responsible for most long distance propagation on
frequencies below 30 MHz. During the daytime (especially in summer), solar heating can cause
the F-layer to split into two separate layers, the F1-layer and the F2-layer.
)
FM---- (
)
FM---- (
Frequency Modulation--A more refined voice on a radio carrier then AM.
)
Four watts---- (
Legal maximum output.
)
Fox hunt (game) ---- (
CB'ers looking for another Cb'er, using RF Gain needle.
)
France BAND---- (
France will honor licenses from other countries using CEPT-approved radios.--
40 channels, same frequencies as USA 4W max power (26.965 - 27.405 FM); Radios using this band are marked "PR 27 GB" or "CEPT PR 27 GB" and are CEPT-approved.
)
Freeband---- (
A band of frequencies below channel 1 and above channel 40 that are - sort
of - free.
Some CB'ers modify their radios to use the Freeband, though it is illegal inCanada and the US.
)
F Region---- (
The HIGHEST ionospheric region) the F Region
refracts radio waves and returns them to earth. Dirung the day this Region often splits i
nto Two Regions called the F-1 and F-2 Regions. The height of the F region varies greatly depending on
the time of day, season of the yesr and amount of Sun Spot activity.
)
Frequency ---- (
The rate of oscillation (vibration). Audio and radio wave frequencies are measured in Hertz. (cycles per second).
)
Frequency Synthesis---- (
Circuit which reduces the number of crystals needed for all channels.
)
Front to Back Ratio---- (
The energy radiated from the front of a directive antenna
divided by the energy radiated from the back of the antenna.
)
FSK---- (
Frequency Shift Keying.
)
Full Duplex---- (
An operation mode which Transmits and Receives
on different frequencies at the same time as a telephone commuincation.
)
Fuse ---- (
a thin metal strip mounted in a holder.
When excessive current passes through the fuse, the metal strip melts and opens and protects
the circuit. Fuses are rated in amperes and voltage and time to activate - fast blow or slow blow.
)
Fuzz buster---- (
What the police call a Radar Detector.
)
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