Roger
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'''Roger''' is primarily a common first name of English, French, and [[Catalan language|Catalan]] usage, ("Rogier", "Rutger" in [[Dutch]]) from the Germanic elements ''hrod'' (fame) and ''ger'' (spear) meaning "famous with the spear". The [[Latin]] form of the name is ''[[Rogerius]]'', as used by a few medieval figures.
The name ''Roger'' was transmitted to England by the [[Normans]] after the [[Norman Conquest]] along with other names such as [[William (name)|William]], [[Robert]], [[Richard]], and [[Hugh]]. It replaced its [[Anglo-Saxon language|Anglo-Saxon]] [[cognate]], ''[[Hroðgar]]''.
Roger is in the Netherlands more commonly translated as "Rutger". Rogier is more likely to be used in France and in Germany.
==Voice procedure==
In [[voice procedure]]s, "Roger" means "GUM" (got your message) in both [[military aviation|military-]] and [[civil aviation|civilian aviation]] [[two-way radio|radio]] communications. This usage comes from the initial R of ''received'': R was called ''Roger'' in then-current [[radio alphabet]]s such as the [[Joint Army/Navy Phonetic Alphabet]]. It is also often shortened in writing to "rgr". R is ''Romeo'' in the modern [[NATO phonetic alphabet]]; the updated phrases now in use are, for example, "I'll Romeo that" or "Romeo and Out".{{Fact|date=April 2008}}
Contrary to popular belief, ''Roger'' does not mean "I will comply". That distinction goes to the [[acronym]] ''[[Wilco (disambiguation)|wilco]]'', a contraction of the phrase "will comply".
==Slang==
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.
From c.1650 to c.1870 Roger was slang for the word "[[penis]]" probably due to the origin of the name involving fame with a spear.<ref>[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Roger Online Etymology Dictionary<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> <ref>[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/roger]</ref> Therefore "roger" became slang for "have sex with".
In 19th century England, Roger was slang for the cloud of toxic green gas that periodically swept through the chlorine bleach factories.<ref>{{cite book
| last = Sherard
| first = Robert
| title = The White Slaves of England
| date = 1897
}}</ref>
==People==
===Only name===
*[[Roger I of Sicily]], Norman ruler of [[Sicily]]
*[[Roger II of Sicily]], Norman ruler of [[Sicily]]
*[[Roger, bishop of Worcester]] from 1163 to 1179
*[[Roger (porn star)|Roger]], a porn star
*[[Roger José de Noronha da Silva|Roger]], Brazilian football goalkeeper
*[[Roger Roger (composer)|Roger Roger]], French composer
===First name===
* [[Roger Adams]], [[Nobel Prize]] chemist
* [[Roger Angell]], baseball writer for [[The New Yorker]]
* [[Roger Avary]], motion picture director
* [[Roger Bacon]]
* [[Roger Bannister]], first man to run the four minute mile
* [[Syd Barrett|Roger "Syd" Barrett]], founder of [[Pink Floyd]]
* [[Roger C. Carmel]], American [[character actor]]
* [[Roger Casement]], Irish patriot, poet, revolutionary, and British Diplomat
* [[Roger Chan]], the Bus uncle
* [[Roger Christian (songwriter)|Roger Christian]], pop music lyricist
* [[Roger Clemens]], [[baseball]] player
* [[Roger Corman]], B-movie director and producer
* [[Roger Craig (baseball)|Roger Craig]], baseball player and [[Roger Craig]], American football player
* [[Roger Daltrey]], [[lead singer]] of [[The Who]]
* [[Roger Danuarta]], [[Indonesia]]n [[actor]]
* [[Roger Davis (television actor)|Roger Davis]], American actor
* [[Roger Delgado]], British actor
* [[Roger Dobkowitz]], a producer and stats expert for [[The Price is Right]].
* [[Roger Donaldson]], movie producer and director
* [[Roger Ebert]], [[motion picture]] critic
* [[Roger Federer]], Swiss tennis player
* [[Roger Galera Flores]], Brazilian football (soccer) player
* [[Roger Fortin]], Canadian boxer
* [[Roger Frugardi]], medieval surgeon
* [[Roger García Junyent]], Spanish football (soccer) player
* [[Roger Gibbon]], Trinidad and Tobago track cyclist
* [[Roger Goodell]], Current commissionner of the [[NFL]]
* [[Roger Guerreiro]], [[Poland|Polish]] football (soccer) player of Brazilian descent
* [[Roger Ilegems]], Belgian track cyclist and road bicycle racer
* [[Roger Manganelli]], bass guitarist for [[Less Than Jake]]
* [[Roger Maris]], baseball player
* [[Roger Mayweather]], ex-boxer
* [[Roger Meddows-Taylor]], drummer for [[Queen (band)|Queen]]
* [[Roger Lee Mendoza]], noted pension economist and scholar
* [[Roger Michell]], film director
* [[Roger Milla]], Cameroon international footballer
* [[Roger Miller]], American musician
* [[Roger Moore]], English actor most famous for his role as [[James Bond]]
* [[Roger E. Mosley]], American actor
* [[Roger Mudd]], TV journalist
* [[Roger Penrose]], [[England|English]] [[mathematical physicist]]
* [[Roger Rose II]],basketball player
* [[Roger Tory Peterson]], American ornithologist
* [[Roger Toussaint]], transit worker's union official
* [[Frère Roger]], baptised Roger Louis Schutz-Marsauche, initiator of the [[Taizé Community]]
* [[Roger Rees]], British actor
* [[Roger Sessions]], American Music Composer
* [[Roger Sheaffe]], British general in the [[War of 1812]]
* [[Roger Sherman]], American revolutionary, signer of many famous documents, inventor of congressional system
* [[Roger Smith (actor)|Roger Smith]], American actor
* [[Roger Sumich]], New Zealand cyclist
* [[Roger Troutman]], American R&B artist
* [[Roger Vadim]], French film director
* [[Roger Waters]], English rock musician and songwriter
* [[Roger Whittaker]], British singer
* [[Roger Williams (theologian)]], co-founder of Rhode Island
* [[Roger Zelazny]], science-fiction author
===Last name===
* [[Bunny Roger|Neil Munroe ("Bunny") Roger]], English couturier, war hero
* [[Julius Roger]] (1819-1865), entomologist
===Fictional characters===
*[[Roger (Tekken)|Roger]], a [[kangaroo]] character from the [[Tekken (series)|Tekken]] fighting game series, and [[Roger (Tekken) #Roger Jr.|Roger Jr.]], his son.
*[[Roger (Hellboy)|Roger]], a [[homunculus]], is a character from the series [[Hellboy]]
*[[Roger (American Dad!)|Roger the Alien]], fictional character from ''[[American Dad!]]''
*[[Roger Chillingworth]], the fictional antagonist in Nathaniel Hawthorne's [[The Scarlet Letter]]
*[[Roger Davis (RENT)|Roger Davis]], musician and ex-druggie of [[RENT]]
*Roger Fox, a character from the comic [[FoxTrot]]
*[[Roger Murtaugh]], cop played by [[Danny Glover]] in the ''[[Lethal Weapon]]'' movies
*[[Roger Rabbit]], main cartoon character of the movie ''[[Who Framed Roger Rabbit]]''
*[[Roger Ramjet]], cartoon superhero
*[[Roger Wilco (character)|Roger Wilco]], the fictional protagonist of the [[Space Quest]] game series
*Roger, a character in the novel [[Lord of the Flies]], Jack's lieutenant and the savage tribe's torturer/hangman
*Roger Danish, a minor character in ''[[Arrested Development (TV series)|Arrested Development]]'', Lindsey's high school counterpart and co-winner of the BEst Hair Award.
*Roger the Shrubber, a character in [[Monty Python and the Holy Grail]] who sells a shrubbery to [[King Arthur]] and Sir Bedevere.
*Gol D. Roger, or Gold Roger was the Pirate King in the manga/anime-series One Piece.
*Roger Klotz, a bully on the cartoon series [[Doug]]
*[[Roger the Dodger]], a character from [[The Beano]] who went out of his way to avoid doing chores
====Fictional fictional characters====
*'''Roger the cabin boy'''. There is a persistent but untrue [[urban legend]] that one of the characters in [[Captain Pugwash]] had this sexually suggestive name.<ref>[http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/tv/pugwash.asp Urban Legends Reference Pages: Captain Pugwash Double Meanings<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==References==
*[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Roger being used as a slang meaning for penis from c.1650 to c.1870] - information from the Online Etymology Dictionary.
*[http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/roger?view=uk Also used as vulgar slang meaning to have sexual intercourse (mainly by men).] - Oxford Dictionary
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==See also==
*[[Roger Dodger (phrase)]]
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