noun
General Slang
Handle
· noun · trucker / CB
Your on-air nickname on the CB — never your real name.
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Definitions
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The chosen nickname a CB user goes by on the air. Picked for color, personality, or your truck — almost never your legal name. Half the fun of CB culture is the handle.
“Breaker one-nine, this is Night Owl, anybody got a copy on the eastbound side?”
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By extension, any online username or screen name. Bled out of CB into early internet culture in the '80s and '90s and stuck.
“What's your handle on Discord? I'll add you.”
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Handle In A Sentence
Breaker one-nine, this is Night Owl, anybody got a copy on the eastbound side?
What's your handle on Discord? I'll add you.
Origin & Usage
Pre-dates CB — ham radio operators used "handle" for an on-air name from the 1920s. CB exploded the practice in the '70s; the 1977 song "Convoy" canonized handles like Rubber Duck and Pig Pen for the general public. Lives on now as the term for a username on forums, Twitter, etc.
Variants
CB handle
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