Create your free account now! Sign up

Re:Cable Lingo / Slang Terms


Headacke means I dropped my god damned klines again
Holy shit means theres a semi coming and the fiber is slack
lets hit a bar means Im to tired to tighten another bitch clamp
>tophook means very good lineman;greenhorn means apprentice;johnny-pumper means gas drill;cumalong means chain hoist;shotgun means 24inch pipe or guy guard,to push certain types of rollers;pussy-lash means weak groundman AND the only way to lash fiber;hard-lash means groundman pissed off lineman;dead-end means poleline stops;double-deadend means 90 degree pole;curve pole means 45 degree pole;junction pole means cable goes in all directions;cutter means splicer;GF means general foreman;air-loop means groundman let lasher go backwards;"take the good with the bad" means don't walk away from backeasement;
>
>>Are there any books out there for this terminology? I know I opened myself up to get burnt so let'em fly and serious inquiries would be nice too !!
>>
This is CABL.com posting #46935. Tiny Link: cabl.co/mmnb
Posted in reply to: Cable Lingo / Slang Terms by SUNSET ENTERPRISES
There is 1 reply to this message
Re:Cable Lingo / Slang Terms skidmark 8/8/2001 8:39:00 PM