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Definition

Used to acknowledge receipt and understanding of a message

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Origins

Extension of roger for received in radio traffic (by 1950), the pronoun referring to the last information received; in use by 1969, popularised at first by radio transmissions from NASA's Apollo missions, later in military fiction.

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How People Actually Use It

Slang, usually used in radio transmissions such as military communications, meaning "I understand" or "I hear you." Synonymous with "I copy that." Often just "Roger"

"-All Units, this is a Code Red. Return to base, over? -Roger that. Heading to home."

Source: Urban Dictionary