suicide jockey

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English

Etymology

In reference to the risk of death if the vehicle crashes.

Pronunciation

Noun

suicide jockey (plural suicide jockeys)

  1. (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

  • suicide jockey, in Truck Talk: The Language of the Open Road, by Montie Tak, 1971, Page 159