In every professional field there are special features of the culture of communication. One of the most interesting and most fascinating are jargons. So, what is it?
Jargon – sociolect; differs from the general colloquial from the general colloquial language by specific lexical and phraseology, expressiveness of turns and special use of word-forming means.
Now you will get acquainted with a number of funny "Jargon" often used on the railway.
A wagon driver is an employee of a wagon depot
Mover - train traffic service employee
Cheburashka is a safety bracket designed to prevent the suspension roller of the brake shoe from falling out when the cotter pin of the roller is cut or lost.
The automaton - the inspector of cars engaged in testing of auto brakes.
Barrel - tank car
Weigher - Receiver of commercial inspection trains
Take to the air - power up a group of wagons with brakes
Senior- senior inspector of wagons
Jaundice - signal vest
The dog is the safety lock of the automatic coupling CA-3, prevents self-release on the way.