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CB slang is the distinctive anti-language, argot, or cant which developed among users of Citizens Band radio (CB), especially truck drivers in the United States during the 1970s and early 1980s. [1] The slang itself is not only cyclical, but also geographical. Through time, certain terms are added or dropped as attitudes towards it changed.
The song was a gay-themed takeoff on the citizens band radio fad [1] [2] and featured a "smokey" (highway patrolman) pretending to be a gay truck driver over the CB radio; the patrolman's masquerade distracts the lead trucker in a convoy who is listening to him, allowing the highway patrol to bust the 5-truck convoy for speeding.
Kenny Price and Gailard Sartain, as truck drivers, swapped funny stories and one-liners with each other over the CB airwaves. Hee Haw Honky Tonk – With the Urban Cowboy craze in full swing in the early 1980s, Hee Haw answered with its very own Urban Cowboy -esque honky-tonk (even Buck Owens developed an Urban Cowboy look by growing a beard ...
The name "Laurie Lingo" is a pun; in the UK, a large truck is known as a "lorry", and thus "lorry lingo" would be "truck slang". The act actually consisted of BBC Radio 1 DJs Dave Lee Travis and Paul Burnett with "The Dipsticks" being the Top of the Pops vocalists The Ladybirds .
Replica of the hood ornament of Rubber Duck's truck. In the Arizona desert, truck driver Martin "Rubber Duck" Penwald is passed by a woman in a Jaguar XK-E, then runs into fellow truck drivers Pig Pen/Love Machine and Spider Mike. Another "trucker" had informed them over the CB radio that they are okay to increase their speed. The "trucker ...
Ryder Names Top Drivers of the Year Celebrates 40 th Anniversary of Award that Recognizes Safe Driving, Customer Service, and Community Leadership MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- For the 40th consecutive ...
The post Dale Earnhardt Jr. Names Driver To Watch: Fans React appeared first on The Spun. Earnhardt Jr. thinks that Noah Gragson is a cup level talent who can still grow into a pretty good driver.
Pages in category "Fictional truck drivers" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C. Charlie Cotton; F.