Sack of tomatoes---- ( Sacramento, California-USA. )

Saddle---- ( Same as "rocking chair". )

Saddle tank---- ( Reserve fuel tank in tractor. )

Safer Shaffer---- ( Shaffer truck. )

Safe trucking---- ( Good trip. )

Sailboat fuel---- ( Running emtpy (i.e., out of gas); also, wind. )

Sailor City---- ( Norfolk,Virginia-USA. )

Salt and pepper---- ( Police car. )

Salt mines---- ( Place of work. )

Salt'n pepper---- ( Slippery spots. )

Saltshaker---- ( Truck that salts road during snowstorm; also, cinder truck. )

Salt shaker---- ( A snow plow. )

Sand bagging ---- ( A term used describe the activity of a person not participating in conversation but listening only,
despite having the capability of speaking. This is not the same as listening in using a simple receiver, as the person doing this activity
can transmit using the two-way radio, but chooses not to. It is done to monitor people for entertainment or for gathering information about the
actions of others. Often CBer’s will sandbag to listen to others' responses to their previous input to a conversation, sometimes referred to a "reading the mail". )

Sandblaster---- ( Same as "saltshaker". )

Sandbox---- ( A gravel trailer. )

Sandbox dump---- ( Truck hauling dirt or stones. )

S and H green stamps---- ( Money. )

Sandwich Lane---- ( Middle lane. )

San Quentin jail bait---- ( Female under age. )

Savages---- ( CB’ers who hog the channel. )

Say what ?---- ( Repeat; what did you say ? )

Scale house---- ( Weigh station. )

Scale house is all right---- ( Weigh station is closed. )

Scan Edge---- ( End and Start frequencies for a scanning range. )

Scatterstick---- ( Vertical antenna with ground plane. )

Schneider eggs--- ( orange drums used by road work crews to block off a lane.
They're the same color as Schneider company trucks. )

School twenty---- ( Location of school. )

Scofflaw---- ( Fcc rule violatator. )

Scoot---- ( A Harley-Davidson motorcycle. )

Scratch hit---- ( Accident. )

Scratching---- ( Going at comfortable speed. )

Scrub brush---- ( Street cleaning truck. )

Scud---- ( A very low power transmitter used to continuously transmit
therefore jam another's "ears". Scuds are usually thrown into the bushes near your home by persons who
want to annoy you. Not a polite activity. Sometimes done maliciously or as a joke. )

Seatcover ---- ( Attractive female occupant in a car. )

Seat covers---- ( Female's legs. )

Seeing eye dog---- ( Radar detector. )

Semi---- ( A tractor-trailer. )

Sesame Street--- ( CB radio; also, CB channel 19;Named so because of child-like behavior that. )

Set of Dials---- ( A CB rig. )

Set it down---- ( Stop. )

Set of doubles---- ( One truck pulling two trailers. )

Seven Thirds---- ( A closing. )

Set of 50---- ( Big bust. )

Seven Threes---- ( Combination of Ten Code meaning signing off ( "10-3" means
stop trancmitting and "10-7" means out of service, leaving the air); best regards. )

Seventy-Thirds---- ( Sign-off meaning "Best wishes". )

Seventy-thirds upon you---- ( A closing. )

Seventy three's---- ( Good luck. )

73's and 88's---- ( A closing. )

Shack---- ( Railroad conductor. )

Shag---- ( Small city truck. )

Shake the bushes---- ( Lead CB’er looking for radar traps or other police. )

Shake the leaves---- ( Check for police; job of lead car in convoy. )

Shake the lights---- ( Flash headlights to warn the oncomers about traffic problems; problems or speed traps. )

Shake the trees and rake the leaves---- ( Two cars sharing duty of watching for police; shaker looks ahead; and raker looks behind;
e.g.,"You shake the trees and I'll rake the leaves," said by rear car to front car. )

Shaking it---- ( Moving or traveling. )

Shake the windows---- ( Good audio. )

Shaky City---- ( Los Angeles,California-USA. )

Shaky City---- ( Lower Arkansas-USA. )

Shaky side---- ( California or West Coast-USA. )

Shamus---- ( Cop. )

Shanty Shaker---- ( Mobile home driver (person driving mobile home to trailer camp). )

Shark Town---- ( Long Island,New York-USA. )

Sheepherder---- ( Bad driver. )

Shim ---- ( To illegally soup up a transmitter. )

Shiny side up, dirty side down---- ( Drive safely; a closing. )

Shlep---- ( Sadsack, a blah person. )

Shoat and goat conductor---- ( Driver of live animals. )

Shoes---- ( Linear amplifier. )

Shoot the breeze---- ( Casual conversation. )

Shopping around---- ( Flipping through the channels. )

Short break---- ( Quickie. )

Short-short ---- ( Soon(a short amount of time). )

Short skip---- ( Sameas "skip". )

Shooting Skip---- ( Talking farther than 150 miles. )

Shoot you in the back/tail pipe/gastank---- ( Police operating radar (usually from an exit ramp) as you drive past them . )

Shot an eyeball on it---- ( Saw it. )

Shotgun---- ( Passenger. )

Shout---- ( Call. )

Shouting---- ( Calling, as in "Who's shouting for me ?"; also, paging. )

Shoveling coal---- ( Speeding up. )

Shoving your foot into the carbureter---- ( Speeding up. )

Show-off lane---- ( Passing lane. )

Shut down---- ( A truck which has been put out of service by the DOT. )

Shy Town---- ( Chicago,Illinois-USA (corruption of "Chi Town"). )

Sick horse---- ( Slow moving vehicle. )

Side door---- ( Passing lane. )

Side piece---- ( Refers to a linear amplifier (see also foot warmer, fire in the wire). )

Sidewinder---- ( Single sideband radio user. )

Silverback---- ( Silver poilce car. )

Silver bugle---- ( Air horn. )

Sin City---- ( Reno,Nevado-USA. )

Sin City(mid west)---- ( Cincinnati, Ohio-USA. )

Sin City(west)---- ( Las Vegas,Nevado-USA. )

Singing waffles---- ( Radial tires. )

Single sideband---- ( Cb radio with upper and lower sideband capability( i.e., 69 channels on 23 channel
radio; 120 channels on 40 channel). )

Sinking ship---- ( Low on fuel. )

Sister---- ( Female CB'er. )

Sitting in the saddle---- ( All cars in between front and rear car of convoy. )

Sitting on the back porch---- ( Parked near tunnel or underpass. )

Sitting on the front porch---- ( Located on bridge or overpass. )

Sitting on the swing---- ( Parked in truck-stop; sitting in "rocking chair". )

Sitting under the leaves---- ( Hidden police car. )

Six-banger---- ( Six-cylinder engine. )

Sixes---- ( Kisses. )

Sixes and Eights---- ( Good luck, a closing. )

Six-lane car park---- ( Melbbouurne's South Eastern Freeway-Australia. )

Six-lane parking lot---- ( Long Island Expressway,New York-USA. )

Six-legged smokey---- ( Police on horse. )

Six Pack--- ( A straight truck or delivery van, usually with six wheels. )

Six-wheel---- ( Small truck with six wheels. )

Skate board ---- ( A flatbed trailer. )

Skates---- ( Tires. )

Skating---- ( Taking it easy. )

Skating ring---- ( Slippery road. )

Ski---- ( Same as "skip". )

Skinny axle---- ( One-axel trailor. )

Skins---- ( Tires. )

Skip---- ( Atmospheric conditions that allow CB to reach greater distances.
Typically signals are line-of-sight, but when the ionosphere is "charged" by the sun,
signals that would normally pass through it are now reflected back to Earth, or "Skip" a large distance. )

Skip land---- ( Listening to a radio and hearing far-way places(distant stations). )

Skippers---- ( People who talk on skips(CB’ers who talk a long distance). )

Skip shooter---- ( Person deliberately trying to talk skip. )

Skip Talk’n ---- ( Someone who has been talking a long distance. )

Skunk juice---- ( Linear amplifier. )

Sky bear---- ( Police aircraft. )

Skyhook---- ( Originally an amateur radio term for antenna, still
used by hams who also operate CB rigs. The more common CB terms are "ears" or "flappers". )

Sky mounty---- ( Police aircraft. )

Skywarn---- ( Trained volunteer storm spotters for the National Weather Service. )

Slammer---- ( Jail; or linear amplifier. )

Slappers---- ( Windshield wipers. )

Slaughter house ---- ( Channel 11. )

Slave Drivers---- ( CB’ers who take control of a channel. )

Sleeper creeper---- ( A prostitute; same as a lot lizard. )

Slick your hair back, shine your shoes, and smile big---- ( There's a radar trap ahead. )

Slider---- ( Illegal variable frequency oscillator. )

Slider ---- ( A variable frequency oscillator (VFO) for operating a radio between the crystal controlled channels. Once a radio is unlocked it can talk between the usual channels with another unlocked radio.. )

Sling shot---- ( Speeding while passing. )

Slip the seat---- ( Change vehicles. )

Slop---- ( Dirty fuel. )

Sloppy Joes---- ( Police. )

Slow Wheels In Fast Traffic---- ( Another name for SWIFT company's trucks. )

S-meter---- ( Device measuring strength of incoming signal; Usually calibrated in
"S" units (1 "S" unit = 1DB). S units are also referred to as "Pounds". )

Smile and comb your hair---- ( Radar ahead. )

Smoke---- ( Police. )

Smoke chopper---- ( Police helicopter. )

Smoke City---- ( Birmingham,Alabama-USA. )

Smoke Detector--- ( A radar detector. )

Smoke'em out---- ( Lure out hidden patrol cars by exceeding speed limit only slightly,
not enough to get ticket; same as "beat the bushes". )

Smoke'em up bear---- ( Police. )

Smoke him---- ( Pass slow-moving car. )

Smoke is thick---- ( Heavy concentration of police. )

Smokems---- ( Police. )

Smoker---- ( High-powered single sideband radio; smoking exhaust pipe; also, police. )

Smoker---- ( Vehicle with a lot of smoke. )

Smoke report---- ( Report on police. )

Smoke screen---- ( Radar trap. )

Smoke signals---- ( Police in the area. )

Smoke some dope---- ( Speed up. )

Smokey---- ( Police. )

Smokey beaver---- ( Female police officer. )

Smokey black-out---- ( Period when CB'ers respect police request not to give out
police location while apprehending criminals. )

Smokey book---- ( Book of tickets; book showing police frequencies. )

Smokey dozing---- ( Stopped police car. )

Smokey fake-out---- ( Police giving out fake imformation. )

Smokey grazing grass---- ( Police in median strip. )

Smokey licking his chops---- ( Police waiting for speeder. )

Smokey on for legs---- ( Mounted police. )

Smokey on the ground---- ( Police officer out of his car. )

Smokey on the move---- ( Police traveling on highway. )

Smokey on the rubber---- ( Police car on the move. )

Smokey report---- ( What CB users say when they have information on a law officer, such as location or current activities. )

Smokey's thick---- ( Police all around. )

Smokey the bear---- ( State police. )

Smokey two-wheeler---- ( Motorcycle police. )

Smokey with camera---- ( Police car with radar unit. )

Smokey with a picture taker---- ( Police car with radar unit. )

Smokey with ears---- ( Police car with CB radio. )

Smoking scooter---- ( A motorcycle cop. )

Smudge pot---- ( Vehicle with heavy exhaust fumes. )

SNAFU---- ( Foul up. )

Snake den---- ( Fire department. )

Snake sniffer---- ( Looking for trouble. )

Snake pit---- ( Bar. )

Sneakers---- ( Linear amp i.e.- "Do you have your sneakers on?". )

Sneaky snake---- ( Police. )

Snooper---- ( Spotlight on police and emergency vehicles; radar trap. )

Snooper scope---- ( Antenna higher then legal limit. )

Snow bunny---- ( Skier. )

Snowshoes---- ( Use of an illegal linear amplifier to increase the output power beyond the legal limits. One "wears snowshoes". )

Snub nose---- ( Same as "cabover". )

Snuff dippers---- ( Hookers. )

Snuffy Smith---- ( Smith transfer driver. )

Spring buster---- ( Rough ride. )

Soap dope---- ( Driver of constantly clean car. )

Socks---- ( Linear amplifier. )

Soda fountain---- ( Bar; also, bottled gas truck. )

Solor Flux Index---- ( A measure of solor activity--"The Solor Flux" is a measure of the Radio Noise on 2800MHz. )

Someone spilled the honey all over the road---- ( Heavy concentration of police on roadway. )

Sonnet---- ( CB'er illegally advertising (products) on the air. )

Sounding choice---- ( Good audio. )

Sounding good---- ( Good audio. )

Souped Up---- ( A rig modified to run illegally high power. )

Southbounder---- ( Person traveling south. )

Space Jukebox---- ( XM or Sirius satellite radio. )

Space tune---- ( Asbent-minded person. )

Spaghetti---- ( Italian CB transmissions. )

Spaghetti bowl---- ( Same as " mix-master". )

Spaghetti Junction---- ( Atlanta,Georiga-USA- north east side I-285 & I-85 North/South Doraville/Norcross Area . )

Sparky---- ( Electrician. )

Speed limit---- ( What most drivers are unaware of ( besides being oblivious to surrounding traffic). )

Spin out---- ( Lose control. )

Spit it out---- ( Talk. )

Splashed on---- ( Same as "stepped on". )

Splasher---- ( Same as "splashover". )

Splashover---- ( Signals leaking from one channel onto another. )

Splatter---- ( Same thing as splashover. )

Splatter---- ( Interference to adjacent signals caused by overmodulation of a transmitter. )

Spliced---- ( Married . )

Split beaver---- ( Stripper. )

Split the sheets---- ( Get a divorce. )

Sport City---- ( Shreveport, Louisiana-USA. )

Spot the body---- ( Park the vehicle. )

Spotter---- ( Driver who parks cars on trucks. )

Spreading the green---- ( Spending money; police giving tickets. )

Spud Town---- ( Boise,Idaho-USA. )

Spy in the sky---- ( Police aircraft. )

Square-wheeled---- ( Stationary Vehicle. )

Squawk (box)---- ( CB radio. )

Squelch---- ( Control on radio which silences the speaker until a signal of a certain strength breaks through it. )

Squirrel's---- ( Firemen. )

Squirrels a-moving---- ( Speeding. )

SSB---- ( Single Side Band- A great deal of power is wasted in AM,
radio engineers devised a method to transmit just one sideband and put all of the transmitter's
power into sending useful intelligence. This method is known as single sideband (SSB). . )

SSB---- ( Stands for "Single Side Band." CB Radio channels are composed of a center frequency and two side frequencies. SSB Radios are capable of transmitting on either of these side frequencies. )

Stack---- ( Exhaust pipes. )

Stacked on the black---- ( Stopped in a traffic jam. )

Stack them Eights---- ( Best regards; a closing. )

Stagecoach---- ( A tour bus. )

Stage stop---- ( Rest area; truck stop. )

Stall ball---- ( Traffic jam . )

Stamping---- ( Talking over another breaker. )

Standing by---- ( Same as "on the side". )

Stand on it---- ( Accelerate with a quickness. )

Stared me in the face---- ( On-coming vehicle with high beams on. )

Starve the bears---- ( Don't get a ticket. )

State bear---- ( State police. )

Stay between the jumps and the bumps and get all the humps---- ( A closing. )

Steamer---- ( Hot day or overheated radiator. )

Steel City---- ( Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania-USA. )

Steel Town---- ( Bethlehem,Pennsylvania-USA. )

Stein---- ( A cheap person. )

Stepped all over you---- ( Two people talking at the same time. )

Stepped on---- ( Being interruoted by someone who talks at the same time on the same channel; same as "walked on". )

Stepping---- ( Traveling. )

stepping on---- ( Means same as moving on or rolling on. )

Stepping on the bear's paws---- ( Breaking the law. )

Sticker Patch---- ( Phoenix,Arizona-USA. )

Stick it in your ear---- ( Response to one talking meaningless drivel. )

Stick post or beam---- ( Omni-directional antenna that can transmit to a precise point. )

Stinger---- ( Center or top-loaded antenna. )

Stockade---- ( Jail. )

Stoned---- ( Under influence of dope or booze. )

Stop for groceries---- ( Stop for a meal. )

Straights---- ( Cigarettes. )

Straight Shot---- ( Road is clear of police and other obstructions. )

Straight truck---- ( Truck with trailer and cab built on a single body. )

Streaking---- ( Traveling fast. )

Street, 70th---- ( Refers to Interstate 70. )

Street, 75th---- ( Refers to Interstate 75. )

Street, 76th---- ( Refers to Interstate 76. )

Street, 77th---- ( Refers to Interstate 77. )

Street, 85th---- ( Refers to Interstate 85. )

Street, 95th---- ( Refers to Interstate 95. )

Street, 275th---- ( Refers to Interstate 275. )

Street, 285th---- ( Refers to Interstate 285. )

Street, 290th---- ( Refers to Interstate 290. )

Street, 295th---- ( Refers to Interstate 295. )

Street, 675th---- ( Refers to Interstate 675. )

Strip her---- ( Unload. )

Stroller---- ( Pedestrian with walkie talkie. )

Struggle---- ( Trying to break a channel; trying to hear a distant person. )

Stuffy---- ( Congested. )

Sucker---- ( One who takes CB rig in for service. )

Sucker breaks---- ( Vacuum breaks. )

Sucker information---- ( Misleading information given by police . )

Suds---- ( Beer. )

Suds City---- ( Milwaukee,Wisconsin-USA. )

Suicide cargo---- ( Dangerous cargo. )

Suicide jockey---- ( Driver hauling danerous goods; a truck carrying explosives. )

Suicide box---- ( Sleeping compartment in cab of truck usually equipped with TV,stereo, etc. )

Suicide sleeper---- ( Same as "suicide box". )

Sunbeam---- ( Joke teller Or a CB"er who livens the channel with witticisms. )

Sun City---- ( Phoenix,Arizona-USA. )

Sunday driver---- ( Slowpoke. )

Sunflower---- ( Kansas-USA. )

Sunoco special---- ( New York State-USA- police car (so called because of yellow and blue color combination). )

Super chickens---- ( Yellow freight trucks. )

Superdome City---- ( New Orleans, Louisiana-USA. )

Super skate---- ( Sport or high performance car. )

Superskirt---- ( Woman or wife. )

Super slab---- ( Major highway. )

Superstructure---- ( Bridge. )

Suppository---- ( Maybe or negative. )

Sure Wish I'd'a Faster Truck---- ( The SWIFT company's trucks. )

Surfer---- ( Experienced CB'er. )

Swamp Donkey---- ( A moose. )

Swamper---- ( Non-driving trucker's aide. )

Sweeping leaves---- ( Job done by last car in convoy; same as "raking the leaves". )

Sweet cheeks---- ( Sexy-voiced female CB'er. )

Sweet thing---- ( Womanor wife or girlfriend. )

Sweet thing---- ( Female channel-Austrailia. )

Sweet Water---- ( Renfrew,Scotland-UK. )

Swift---- ( Slow While In Fast Traffic. )

Swift---- ( Sure Wish I'd Finished Training . )

Swift (backwards)---- ( Two F* In White Semi (*Any word that starts with an "F") . )

Swifty---- ( Speeder. )

Swindle sheets---- ( Trucker's log book. )

Swinging beef---- ( Beef sides hanging from hooks inside a reefer. )

SWL---- ( Short Wave Listner. )

SWR ---- ( Standing Wave Ratio. An incorrect impedance match can cause
some of the transmitted signal to "reflect" back to the transmitter, which can reduce your signal,
and possibly damage the Finals section of your transmitter. )

SWR---- ( Measurement of Forward vs Reflected power output during Transmit. )

SWR---- ( Standing Wave Ratio, a measure of how much radio energy sent into an
antenna system is being reflected back to the transmitter. )

SWR meter---- ( a device used to determine the Standing Wave Ratio of an antenna system . )

Sand bagging ---- ( A term used describe the activity of a person not participating in conversation but listening only,
despite having the capability of speaking. This is not the same as listening in using a simple receiver, as the person doing this activity
can transmit using the two-way radio, but chooses not to. It is done to monitor people for entertainment or for gathering information about the
actions of others. Often CBer’s will sandbag to listen to others' responses to their previous input to a conversation, sometimes referred to a "reading the mail". )

SAR---- ( Search And Rescue. )

Scan---- ( Continually sweeping frequencies looking for signals. )

Scratch Pad Memory---- ( Tempory frequency memories for Quick reference. )

Scud---- ( A very low power transmitter used to continuously transmit
therefore jam another's "ears". Scuds are usually thrown into the bushes near your home by persons who
want to annoy you. Not a polite activity. Sometimes done maliciously or as a joke. )

Selectivity---- ( Ability of a receiver to reject signals adjacent to tuned signal. )

Sensitivity---- ( Indicates how week a signal the Receiver will pick up. )

Sesame Street--- ( CB radio; also, CB channel 19;Named so because of child-like behavior that. )

Shooting Skip---- ( Talking farther than 150 miles. )

Simi Duplex---- ( AN operation mode in which transmits and receives is
acomplished on different frequencies alternatively. )

Simplex---- ( An operation mode where the Transmit and Receive frequency is the same. )

Single sideband---- ( Cb radio with upper and lower sideband capability( i.e., 69 channels on 23 channel
radio; 120 channels on 40 channel). )

Skip---- ( Atmospheric conditions that allow CB to reach greater distances.
Typically signals are line-of-sight, but when the ionosphere is "charged" by the sun,
signals that would normally pass through it are now reflected back to Earth, or "Skip" a large distance. )

Skip land---- ( Listening to a radio and hearing far-way places(distant stations). )

Skip shooter---- ( Person deliberately trying to talk skip. )

Skyhook---- ( Originally an amateur radio term for antenna, still
used by hams who also operate CB rigs. The more common CB terms are "ears" or "flappers". )

Slider---- ( Illegal variable frequency oscillator. )

Slider ---- ( A variable frequency oscillator (VFO) for operating a radio between the crystal controlled channels. Once a radio is unlocked it can talk between the usual channels with another unlocked radio.. )

SMA---- ( Sub Minature a connector). )

S-meter---- ( Device measuring strength of incoming signal; Usually calibrated in
"S" units (1 "S" unit = 1DB). S units are also referred to as "Pounds". )

S/N---- ( Signal to Noise Ratio. )

SNAFU---- ( Foul up. )

Solid-state---- ( Electronic device that doesn’t use tubes. )

SP---- ( Speaker. )

Speech Processor---- ( A device used to increase the average power contained in a speech waveforum. )

Splatter---- ( Interference to adjacent signals caused by overmodulation of a transmitter. )

Split---- ( A mode in which the Transmit and Receive frequency is the same. )

SQL---- ( Squelch. )

Squelch---- ( Control on radio which silences the speaker until a signal of a certain strength breaks through it. )

SSB---- ( Single Side Band- A great deal of power is wasted in AM,
radio engineers devised a method to transmit just one sideband and put all of the transmitter's
power into sending useful intelligence. This method is known as single sideband (SSB). . )

Stinger---- ( Center or top-loaded antenna. )

Swar---- ( SWR Meter. )

SWR---- ( Standing Wave Ratio, a measure of how much radio energy sent into an
antenna system is being reflected back to the transmitter. )

SWR meter---- ( a device used to determine the Standing Wave Ratio of an antenna system . )

Synchronous detection---- ( An ingenious method of processing an AM signal to improve audio quality and reduce interference from adjacent stations. )

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