Classic CB Lingo

[TheRATT]

So my girlfriend's son "Mr. Brownstone" (10 years old) is really interested in radio so I'm getting him checked out on the station. There is a local YouTube channel that broadcasts channel 17 in real time which is kinda fun.

So, Mr. Brownstone was chatting in the YouTube room and one of the guys said, "get on the gate, Mr. Brownstone!"

So I was immediately asked what that meant, and I am pretty sure it meant "Watergate" which is a classic term for a radio recording.

What are some other classic disused or even still being used lingo that you remember. Is there one that has a special place in your heart?

 

[loosecannon]

RATT, i have to ask, does he know what "Mr. Brownstone" refers to? LOL

as for classic CB lingo, there is a certain tune that i have heard many different people whistle on the air, and i have no idea where it came from, but it's always the same tune.

I have heard it locally and in skip land for many years.
LC

 

[groundwire]

So my girlfriend's son "Mr. Brownstone" (10 years old) is really interested in radio so I'm getting him checked out on the station. There is a local YouTube channel that broadcasts channel 17 in real time which is kinda fun.

So, Mr. Brownstone was chatting in the YouTube room and one of the guys said, "get on the gate, Mr. Brownstone!"

So I was immediately asked what that meant, and I am pretty sure it meant "Watergate" which is a classic term for a radio recording.

What are some other classic disused or even still being used lingo that you remember. Is there one that has a special place in your heart?

first off, just a heads up, mr. brownstone is street slang for heroin. and to answer the question, one i remember was "take it to the pump house", because your station is weaky squeaky.

 

[groundwire]

RATT, i have to ask, does he know what "Mr. Brownstone" refers to? LOL

as for classic CB lingo, there is a certain tune that i have heard many different people whistle on the air, and i have no idea where it came from, but it's always the same tune.

I have heard it locally and in skip land for many years.
LC

ahhhh yesss, i remember that and was just thinking about that the other day, where did it come from. thats old school. doooo doooo, do, do, do, do, do, do, dooooo dooooo

 

[TheRATT]

RATT, i have to ask, does he know what "Mr. Brownstone" refers to? LOL

as for classic CB lingo, there is a certain tune that i have heard many different people whistle on the air, and i have no idea where it came from, but it's always the same tune.

I have heard it locally and in skip land for many years.
LC

He's a huge Guns N' Roses fan. Trust me, no susceptible to heroin.

anyway, never heard take it to the pump house!

 

[groundwire]

He's a huge Guns N' Roses fan. Trust me, no susceptible to heroin.

anyway, never heard take it to the pump house!

gotcha, just an fyi. the pump house was an old school superbowl slang. still in use once in a great while.

 

[loosecannon]

ahhhh yesss, i remember that and was just thinking about that the other day, where did it come from. thats old school. doooo doooo, do, do, do, do, do, do, dooooo dooooo

yep that's the one!
LC

 

[TheRATT]

I don't think I've heard the doooo doooo song... is the tune like a familiar pop tune?

 

[loosecannon]

I've never heard it anywhere else before.
LC

 

[TM86]

ahhhh yesss, i remember that and was just thinking about that the other day, where did it come from. thats old school. doooo doooo, do, do, do, do, do, do, dooooo dooooo

It was already old in the '80s when I first heard it.

 

[TheRATT]

I remember "raking the leaves" was "standing by"... or what I'd today call today "sandbagging".

 

[Shadetree Mechanic]

When someone asks for a radio check:
"Sorry, radio checks are only given on Tuesdays!"

How is my signal?
"You're wall to wall and tree top tall!"

I took one from Smokey and the Bandit when signing off:
"Eight Zero Eight, Clear And Gone!"

 

[144inBama]

"Can I get a radio check?"

"That radio is walking the dog and kicking the cat sounding 10-8 and 3/4"

 

[Tokin]

He's a huge Guns N' Roses fan. Trust me, no susceptible to heroin.

anyway, never heard take it to the pump house!

Not to stir shit but that song is about doing dope and playing a concert. Its all in the lyrics...

I get up around seven
Get outta bed around nine
And I don't worry about nothin' no
'Cause worryin's a waste of my, time
The show usually starts around seven
We go on stage at nine
Get on the bus at eleven
Sippin' a drink and feelin' fine

We been dancin' with
Mr. Brownstone
He's been knockin'
He won't' leave me alone
No, no, no
He won't leave me alone
I used ta do a little but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin' ta get a little better
Said a little better than before
I used ta do a little but a little wouldn't do
So the little got more and more
I just keep tryin' ta get a little better
Said a little better than before

 

[The20poundhammer]

Ya got to go to the goodie store before ya can go to the pump house dancing with the fat legged girls or 32 or 64 geisha girls!!