There is also:
Elmer: A ham, usually older, who mentors and educates the younger hams or unlicensed wannabe's in the radio arts
Uncle Charlie: The FCC
LID: An operator with bad habits...a pain in the butt on the air
Childrens Band: A put down for CB radio
Alligator: A station, usually a repeater, that transmits better/futher than it receives - that is, all mouth, no ears.
Bunny Rabbit: Opposite of above. Receives well but doesn't transmit far.
Boat Anchor: Heavy old radio equipment, working or not. It's just old and heavy.
GMT or UTC or "Z" time: The universal world time at the Greenwich Observatory in England. Used to be Greenwich Mean Time, lately Universal Co-ordinated Time (UTC, not the obvious UCT, it's a French thing) but in ham shorthand, esp when written, just Z and then the time in 24 hr format.
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