Rockfordesque

English

Etymology

Rockford +‎ -esque

Adjective

Rockfordesque (comparative more Rockfordesque, superlative most Rockfordesque)

1. Reminiscent of the television series The Rockford Files or its main character, a laid-back blue-collar private investigator.
   • 1990, Robert J. Thompson, Adventures on prime Time: The Television Programs of Stephen J. Cannell., Greenwood Publishing Group:

     Rockfordesque Nick Ryder (Joe Penny) insists that he would rather use hunches than statistics, that he cannot wear a coat and tie to work, and that if he saw the corporate atmosphere at TriCor, "Sam Spade would puke."

   • 2001, February 16. Allan Johnson, "Tuning In, Tuning Out", The Chicago Tribune.

     His latest is "The Tin Collectors" (St. Martin's Press, $24.95), about a Rockfordesque detective at the center of an Internal Affairs investigation that becomes much more.

   • 2009. Kelli Jae Baeli, Armchair Detective, Lesbian Literati Press.

     I vaulted to the hood of the Olds' in true Rockfordesque style, and rolled over, falling off the other side, landing hard upon the pavement.