10-20
Your location. "What's your 20?" = where are you?
Definitions
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.
10-20 In A Sentence
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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