We took inspiration from CB Radio slang. In fact, the following is from CBSlang.com: If you hear a truck driver say “10-20” on their CB radio, it’s just another way to say “Your current location.”
In this post
What does 20 mean in slang?
What’s your 20? is part of a system of radio codes called 10-codes. They developed in the late 1930s when police squads began using two-way radio to communicate. One was 10-20, meaning “location.” Asking What’s your 20? emerged as a way to seek another’s whereabouts.
What is your 20 code?
Have you ever heard someone ask, “What’s your 20?” The term refers to your location. It comes from “10–20” and is part of the Ten Code used by CB radioers, who borrowed and adapted it from the police and emergency services. It seems appropriate to use this question to kick off my first column in the year 2020.
What does 20 mean on walkie talkie?
Location
Think of this list as a walkie talkie dictionary: 10-1 – “I need to go the bathroom” (number 1) 10-2 – “I need to go the bathroom” (number 2) 10-4 – “I understood the message” 20 – Location; as in, “What’s your 20?”
What is your home 20?
driver’s home location
CB 10-codes and Q-codes give you the power to say a lot in the limited space available.
CB Radio Code and Lingo at CB World.
| CB Terminology | Meaning or Translation |
|---|---|
| Home 20 | A driver’s home location. |
| Hood | Conventional tractor, not a cab-over. |
What is a 21 in slang?
21 means “Quit.”
What is your 10 20 mean?
The phrase essentially means, “What is your location?” or “Identify your position,” but is a corrupted phrase from the original “10-20” used by law enforcement to verbally encode their radio transmissions so that non-police listeners would not easily discover police operations, as well as to communicate quicker and
What are CB codes?
CB Radio 10 Codes
| 10-1 | Receiving poorly (I can’t hear you) |
|---|---|
| 10-20 | Identifying location (often adapted to “What’s your 20?”) |
| 10-27 | I’m moving to channel [insert channel] |
| 10-33 | Emergency traffic at this station |
| 10-38 | Ambulance needed at [insert location] |
What does 1020 mean on CB?
Transmission Completed
10-9: Repeat message (Come again?). 10-10: Transmission Completed (Thanks for coming to my TedTalk). 10-11: Talking too rapidly (Take a breath and try again). 10-12: Visitors present (Stop talking about all the lot lizards from last night). 10-13: Weather/road conditions.
How do you talk in CB language?
CB Lingo Words and Phrases
- 10-4 Roger – Yes.
- Back door – behind your truck, somebody who’s behind you, like the police.
- Bad ass – very cool.
- Bear – cop.
- Catch you on the flip flop see you on your return trip.
- Chicken coop – weigh station.
- Chicken lights – extra lights on a rig or trailer.
What CB channels do truckers use?
Channels 17 and 19 are the two channels most commonly used by truckers; in some areas, those on north- and southbound roads use channel 19, while those on east- and westbound roads communicate on channel 17.
What does 1010 mean in CB talk?
10-10: Transmission completed, standing by. 10-11: Talking too rapidly. 10-12: Visitors presentShhhh! 10-13: Advise weather/road conditions.
Are truckers still using CB radios?
Even with modern technology, most truckers still have a CB radio in their truck. Although most truckers still own and maintain a CB radio in their cab, they certainly don’t use them like they once did. Speed limits, speed governed trucks and new technologies answer many tasks the radios were once used for.
What’s your 10 4 mean?
10-4 is a way of saying “message received” in radio communications. It’s also used as a way to “you got it.”
Why is 10 4 mean?
understood
Ten-codes, especially “10-4” (meaning “understood”) first reached public recognition in the mid- to late-1950s through the popular television series Highway Patrol, with Broderick Crawford. Crawford would reach into his patrol car to use the microphone to answer a call and precede his response with “10-4”.
What’s the meaning of 42?
In Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, 42 is the number from which all meaning (“the meaning of life, the universe, and everything“) can be derived.
What do UwU mean?
cute face
Uwu is an emoticon depicting a cute face. It is used to express various warm, happy, or affectionate feelings. A closely related emoticon is owo, which can more specifically show surprise and excitement. There are many variations of uwu and owo, including and OwO, UwU, and OwU, among others.
What is your 21?
“What’s your twenty?” was probably only used by serving or former police or military personnel when the ‘ten codes’ were first issued. When slang becomes popular enough, it stops being slang and becomes part of the language. “What’s your twenty?” is now used widely enough to be understood by most people….
Is CB radio illegal?
The Communications Act of 1934 (the “Act”) prohibits anyone from transmitting “energy or communications or signals by radio within the United States except under and in accordance with the Act and with a license.” CB operators are not required to have a license because the FCC’s rules authorize their operation, but
Whats your 40 mean?
Definitions include: unattractive. tip the 40.
What does 40 mean in slang?
noun. a 40 ounce bottle of an alcoholic beverage. I was drinking a forty. See more words with the same meaning: alcohol.