noun General Slang

10-20

· noun · trucker / CB

Your location. "What's your 20?" = where are you?

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Your current position on the road. Asked constantly on the CB so drivers can match up on a convoy, warn each other about cops at specific mile markers, or arrange a meet.

“Hey driver, what's your 20? I'm rolling up on the rest area at mile 88.”
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10-20 In A Sentence

Hey driver, what's your 20? I'm rolling up on the rest area at mile 88.

Origin & Usage

Another Illinois State Police ten-code from the late 1930s. Shortened in everyday CB use to just "twenty" — "what's your twenty" became universal trucker shorthand for asking where someone is.

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