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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. For example, in the early days of the CB radio, the term "Good buddy" was widely used.[2]
Nicknames or call signs given or adopted by CB radio users are known as "handles".[2][3] Many truck drivers will call each other "Hand,"[4] or by the name of the company for which they drive.[citation needed]
CB and its distinctive language started in the United States but was then exported to other countries including Mexico, Germany, and Canada.
- ^ Richard David Ramsey (5 Mar 2004), "The People Versus Smokey Bear: Metaphor, Argot, and CB Radio", The Journal of Popular Culture, XIII (2): 338–344, doi:10.1111/j.0022-3840.1979.1302_338.x, archived from the original on 5 January 2013
- ^ a b Preston, Benjamin (February 21, 2013). "How To Talk On A CB Radio". Jalopnik. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ^ "Citizens Band (CB) Service". Federal Communications Commission. 4 August 2011. Retrieved September 19, 2015.
- ^ "Trucker Slang and CB Radio Lingo". TruckersReport.com. 14 September 2009. Retrieved September 19, 2015.