Classic trucking slang
Unfortunately, the art of talking trucker is now largely forgotten, memorialized only in films and memory. However, if you ever find yourself with a practitioner of the language, refer to this selection of important words to keep everything on the up-and-up.Alice in Wonderland someone lost and in need of directionsAnchor Clanker a boat trailerAnklebiters — kidsArmpit New JerseyAstronaut police plane or helicopterBear police officer; several derivatives, including Bear Taking Pictures (cop with radar); Blue Bear (Michigan State Police Trooper); Bear Cave (police station), etc.Beertown Milwaukee, WisconsinBinders air brakesBlinkin Winkin school busBubble City — Champaign, ILBuster Brown — UPS truckCamel City Winston-Salem, North CarolinaChocolate Town Hershey, PennsylvaniaChoke and Puke roadside dinerCrash Box toll boothDisney Town Anaheim, CaliforniaDog bounty hunterEyeballs headlightsThe Flag Flagstaff, ArizonaGator tire tread left in the road; also Gator Guts pieces of shredded tireMontgomery Burns Montgomery, AlabamaOldsmoslider Oldsmobile or other station wagonOrgan Donor motorcyclist driving recklessly and under the influencePaper Hanger police giving a speeding ticketPregnant Rollerskate Volkswagen BeetleShakeytown Los AngelesSnake in the Grass police car radar hidden in cat tailsSuicide Jockey trucker hauling explosivesTitletown Green Bay, WisconsinUFO Central Area 51 and any area with high UFO activity