A real bad scene occurs during periods of high sunspot activity when skip conditions bring in stations hundreds of miles away.īallet Dancer: A swaying antenna, usually a bumper-mounted whip or fiberglass ears.īand Aid Wrapper: An ambulance. "Let me back out of here for now."īad Scene: A term borrowed from the youth culture and applied to a crowded CB channel subject to many overlapping transmissions (layers). "Back down, rocking chair, we have a Smokey coming up behind us."īack'Em Up (Off): Slow down by pulling one's foot off the accelerator.īack Out: One of a number of terms used to announce that you intend to stop transmitting and therefore conclude the conversation. See also "Front Door" and "Rocking Chair."īack Down: To slow down your vehicle's speed by removing or easing up your foot on the accelerator (hammer). Also the designation of the station at the rear of a highway caravan of trucks watching for Smokies coming up behind. "You're at my back door" or "I'll cover the back door." Used on highways to establish relative position. "Watch out for the alligator in the granny land by the one five six mile marker!"Īlligator station: "All mouth and no ears" The station can't hear you, but you can hear him.Īnchored modulator: Base station operator.Īppliance operator: An in-experienced CB operator.īack Door: Behind a vehicle. Rubber Necker = People that slow down to look at an accidentĪdvertising: Description of a marked police car with lights on (including the "Bubble Gum Machine") operating: "We've got a Smokey advertising at mile marker one-twenty-seven."Ī little bit of help: Extra Power, running an amplifier.Īlligator: Refers to a retread which has come off a tire and is lying on the roadway. Pickle Park Pleasers = Homosexuals that hang out at Rest Areas to pick up new friendsįull Grown Bear = Highway Patrol Car with all the lights, bells and whistles CB lingo is a kind of living language that continues to change and develop, many of the terms used back in the 70's are still as popular today as they were when they first were coined.
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