docu-soap n.— «Beers, who often narrates his own shows, has found a winning formula for his “docu-soaps,” as he calls them. His series typically profile men with blue-collar jobs, such as crab fishermen, truckers, Texas oil wildcatters...
run wild v. phr.— «His usual workweek is a five-day, four-night route around California or the Southwest—”running wild” in Wal-Mart trucker parlance—delivering goods to stores, used pallets to warehouses and...
sailboat fuel n.— «In perhaps the ultimate example of military capitalism, KBR reportedly ran convoys of empty trucks back and forth across the insurgent-laden desert, pointlessly risking the lives of soldiers and drivers so the company...
pickle park n.— «Once while passing a “Pickle Park” in mid-Virginia, I heard a trucker trying to sell a 150w linear.» —“Re: Politically incorrect CB topics…“ by Arlen Speights Usenet: rec.radio.cb Apr...
tanker yanker
n.— «Aka “Slick,” The Tanker Yanker from Leamen.» —“Re: where do truckers access Internet??” by Ryan Usenet: misc.transport.trucking Nov. 28, 1995. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
tanker yanker n.— «Grabbing his CB microphone, he hollered: “Hey, tanker yanker, ya’ got a copy?”» —“The Chilling Tale Of A Trucker-Turned-Writer” by Bard Lindeman The Record (New Jersey) Aug...