[Ads-l] roger-dodger, interj.

[Mark Mandel]

My nephew's name is Roger. I started calling him "Roger-dodger"  as a
nickname, but he didn't like that, and who can blame him? So I asked him if
he liked "Jolly Roger" better. He did, and for many years that's been my
nickname for him.

Mark Mandel

On Wed, May 10, 2023, 7:11 PM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Jocular elaboration of "Roger!"  esp. in military aviation. Also more
> absurdly) "Roger-dodger, over and out." Not in OED:
>
>
> 1943 Clarion-Ledger (Jackson, Miss.) (Nov. 2) 10: Finally,…the operator on
> the Miami mike was heard to say with enthusiastic approval: “Roger dodger!”
>
> 1944 Ogden Standard-Examiner (Jan.29) 5: “Roger-dodger!” Mike agreed.
>
> 1947 American Speech  XXII (Apr.) 110: This stage yielded Roger Dodger,
> over, and out, in which the over and out are official radio terminology. Ad
> absurdum forms appear in Roger Dodger, over, under, and out and Roger
> Dodger, over and under, I'm a major too!
>
> 1951 Skyways  [GB, looks real but unverified in print]: The Dilberts in the
> movies, though  would dress this up with “Roger Dodger, over and out ,"
> which may sound more glamorous , but is highly incorrect .
>
> 1962 Connecticut Post (Bridgeport, Conn.) (Oct. 4) 2: “Roger Dodger,”
> Schirra replied.
>
> 1980 Sarasota Herald-Tribune (July 19) 6: Roger dodger? Over and out.
>
> 2007 The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, Ia.) (May 2) 12: Roger dodger, 912, over
> and out, base clear.
>
> 2020 Lyndi Alexander Adversaries (Austin, Tex.: Zumaya) 206: “When you’re
> clear, rendezvous at the campus.” “Roger dodger!”
>
> Eventually (of course) the nickname of Roger Staubach.
>
> JL
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