suicide jockey
English edit
Etymology edit
In reference to the risk of death if the vehicle crashes.
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
suicide jockey (plural suicide jockeys)
- (slang, US) A semi-trailer driver pulling a tanker trailer with gasoline or other explosive or hazardous substance.
- 1975, “Convoy”, in C.W. McCall, Chip Davis (lyrics), Black Bear Road, performed by C. W. McCall:
- Listen, you wanna put that microbus in behind that suicide jockey?
Yeah, he's haulin' dynamite, and he needs all the help he can get.
References edit
- suicide jockey, in Truck Talk: The Language of the Open Road, by Montie Tak, 1971, Page 159