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General Slang
Smokey
· noun · trucker
A state trooper, named for the hat that looks like Smokey Bear's.
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CB radio shorthand for a highway patrolman, specifically because the broad-brimmed campaign hat troopers wear is the same one Smokey Bear wears in the fire-prevention ads. Hit hard by the 1977 film Smokey and the Bandit and never really left the airwaves.
“Smokey taking pictures at the 47 mile marker, back her down.”
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Smokey In A Sentence
Smokey taking pictures at the 47 mile marker, back her down.
Origin & Usage
American trucker CB slang from the 1970s, borrowing from the US Forest Service's Smokey Bear mascot whose campaign hat matched state troopers' headgear. Cemented in pop culture by the 1977 film 'Smokey and the Bandit'.
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