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General Slang
Feeding the bears
· phrase · trucker / CB
Getting a ticket — or speeding hard enough you're about to.
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Paying a speeding ticket, or driving in a way that's about to get you one. Said with a wince — nobody feeds the bears on purpose.
“Slow it down through Macon, driver, or you'll be feeding the bears before lunch.”
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Feeding the bears In A Sentence
Slow it down through Macon, driver, or you'll be feeding the bears before lunch.
Origin & Usage
Built on CB's core metaphor: cops = bears (from Smokey Bear, the Forest Service mascot in the wide-brim hat that state troopers wore). "Feeding" them = handing over money via a ticket.
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