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Roger is primarily a proper name of English, French and Catalan usage which means "famous with the spear" from the Germanic elements hrod/"fame" and ger/"spear." The name "Roger" was transmitted to England by the Normans after the Norman Conquest along with other names such as William, Robert, Richard, and Hugh. It replaced its Anglo-Saxon cognate, Hroðgar. The Latin form of the name is Rogerius, and this was the name of a few medieval figures (see Rogerius).
Slang Roger also means "copy", "heard you", or "yes, I will execute that command" on the radio in the military. This usage comes from the letter "R" of "received" which is called "roger" in radio alphabets (such as the Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet). Roger is also a short version of the term Jolly Roger which refers to a black flag with white skull and crossbones, formerly used by sea pirates since as early as 1723. "Roger" has an old (1711) vulgar slang usage as a verb where it means to have sexual intercourse with a woman. Used of a man. After a number of comic references throughout the late 20th century, in the late 1990s the word 'roger' as a sexual act came back into more frequent use, chiefly amongst the young, male, upper class intellectual elite. From c.1650 to c.1870 it was slang for the word "penis."* Only name First name Fictional characters See also | ||||||||
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