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Roger

//ˈɹɒd͡ʒə// intj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Intj
  1. 1
    Received (used in radio communications to acknowledge that a message has been received and understood)

    "Pilot: CESSNA TWO THREE FOUR—ROGER—OUT."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A male given name from the Germanic languages.

    "By her I claim the kingdom: she was heir / To Roger, Earl of March, who was the son / Of Edmund Mortimer."

  2. 2
    A surname originating as a patronymic.
  3. 3
    The Devil; Satan. dialectal, obsolete
  4. 4
    Jolly Roger (pirate flag)

    "The escaped convicts who had captured the Arrow even ran up the “Roger,” the black flag with the white skull […]"

Noun
  1. 1
    An act of sexual intercourse. UK, slang, vulgar

    "ALAN: Lynn, if I have to put back my roger with Sonja one more time, I'll be fit to burst."

  2. 2
    radiotelephony clear-code word for the letter R.
Verb
  1. 1
    To acknowledge by saying "roger". transitive

    "The Explorer radio operator rogered receipt of the War Room's signal."

  2. 2
    Of a man, to have sexual intercourse with (someone), especially in a rough manner. UK, slang, transitive, vulgar
  3. 3
    To have sexual intercourse. UK, intransitive, slang, vulgar

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Roger, used circa 1940 in UK and US military communication to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in received, used to acknowledge understanding a message. "Roger" for "received" was in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.

Etymology 2

From Roger, used circa 1940 in UK and US military communication to represent "R" when spelling out a word. "R" is the first letter in received, used to acknowledge understanding a message. "Roger" for "received" was in spoken usage in air traffic radio parlance by 1950.

Etymology 3

Possibly from Old High German Hrotger via Shelta roger.

Etymology 4

Possibly from Old High German Hrotger via Shelta roger.

Etymology 5

From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.

Etymology 6

From Old French Rogier, from the Frankish equivalent of Old English Hrōþgār (see Hroðgar), from Proto-Germanic *Hrōþigaizaz (“fame-spear”). Compare also Rutger.

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