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At a highway service area recently, I picked up copies of Movin' Out "The Journal of the Trucking Industry" and American Trucker, an advertising magazine. They're filled with interesting jargon and phrases.

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5 months ago reesetee said:

Yarb, I love that list--thanks for directing us there. Hadn't seen it before!

5 months ago yarb said:

Excellent - quite a lot of rude-sounding gems. Take a butchers at my Flanges etc list.

5 months ago chained_bear said:

Ooh, this is a neat list.

5 months ago reesetee said:

Nifty! Great idea, m--although some of them put me in mind of porn birds. ;-)

5 months ago bilby said:

Hells bells. Next time I go meet a trucker I'll take an interpreter. A certain beauty in some of these harsh, functional words. Great list molly.

5 months ago skipvia said:

This list reminds me that the toads will soon be showing up in Fairbanks...

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