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Definition of 21

21

noun

  • a request for a phone call. From CB and other radio communication terminology. Shortened from "10-21".
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    Last edited on Nov 24 2010. Submitted by Pazuzu from Minneapolis, MN, USA on Oct 27 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'CB radio (related to)':

Definitions include: See five by five.
Definitions include: knowledge of the location of a person or thing.
Definitions include: "message understood."
Definitions include: "What is your 20?" i.e. "What is your current location?"

Other terms relating to 'telephone, phone':

Definitions include: to phone or page excessively; to fill up the capacity of some electronic answering service (voice mail, answering machine, one's pager, etc.)
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Definitions include: a last-minute or previously unplanned request to meet up with someone with the intention of having sex (i.e. getting booty.)
Definitions include: to call on a telephone.
Definitions include: a person or object that erred.

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