Roger

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Slang and other uses

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Look up roger in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

From c. 1650 up to c. 1870, Roger was slang for the word "penis".[4][5][6] In Under Milk Wood, Dylan Thomas writes "jolly, rodgered" suggesting both the sexual double entendre and the pirate term "Jolly Roger".[7]

In 19th-century England, Roger was slang for another term, the cloud of toxic green gas that swept through the chlorine bleach factories periodically.[8]

"Roger" is a standard procedure word in two-way radio communication, meaning that a message has been received. This usage originated during World War II, during which time British and American military spelling alphabets used "Roger" to represent the letter "R", which itself was the abbreviation for "Received". While the NATO phonetic alphabet replaced "Roger" with "Romeo" in 1949, "Roger" has remained standard as the abbreviation for "Received", and it has become recognizable as such to laypeople.[9][10][11]

Current British slang includes the word as a verb to mean sexual intercourse, e.g., "took her home and rogered her."

Hodge, a word meaning farm labourer or English rural dweller, is derived from Middle English "Hoge", a nickname of Roger.[12]

Spellings

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The following forenames are related to the English given name Roger:

People

Given name

Medieval period

See also All pages with titles beginning with Roger de, All pages with titles beginning with Roger of and All pages with titles beginning with Roger van for people with these names

Kings and rulers

Others

Modern era

Surname

Fictional characters

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Animal

  • Roger (kangaroo), Australian kangaroo with an extraordinary physique, aka "Ripped Roger" (circa 2006 – 2018)

See also

Citations

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  1. ^ Hanks (2006); Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 233.
  2. ^ Hanks (2006).
  3. ^ Hanks; Hardcastle; Hodges (2006) p. 233.
  4. ^ Slang usage meaning penis from c. 1650 to c. 1870 – Online Etymology Dictionary
  5. ^ Vulgar slang usage meaning to have sexual intercourse (mainly by men) – Oxford Dictionary
  6. ^ wikt:roger
  7. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Thomas, Dylan. Walford Davies; Ralph Maud (eds.). Under Milk Wood (The Definitive ed.). Phoenix, an imprint of The Orion Publishing Group. p. 66. Last explanatory note referred to page 3, (p. 3), of the original text{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)
  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sherard, Robert (1897). The White Slaves of England.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Marian, Jakub. "Origin of the phrase 'Roger that' in English". jakubmarian.com. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  10. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Where "Roger That" Really Comes From". Popular Mechanics. 19 September 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Where does the expression 'Roger that' come from?". The Guardian. Retrieved 16 July 2019.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Definition of HODGE".

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