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The thing that you change the telly with - what’s it called ?

274 replies

TheBolterdahling · 27/04/2022 21:41

  1. Clicker
  2. Popper
  3. something else
OP posts:
214 · 27/04/2022 22:13

The fat controller!

SwelegantParty · 27/04/2022 22:14

Dobber even. Fucking autocorrect.

hellcatspanglelalala · 27/04/2022 22:14

At ours it's just the remote. Friend of mine calls it the doofer, and another calls it the mowcon (throw back to when the dc was a toddler and called it the mowcon troll!)

BitOutOfPractice · 27/04/2022 22:15
  1. clicker.
obvs.
Wincarnis · 27/04/2022 22:15

The stick

(doofer is the ‘polite’ word my mother used for a turd eg the dog has done a big doofer)

LBF2020 · 27/04/2022 22:15

Flipper

Puffalicious · 27/04/2022 22:17

The shmoofer doofer

And The wee yin (sound bar remote).

Puffalicious · 27/04/2022 22:19

SwelegantParty · 27/04/2022 22:14

Dobber even. Fucking autocorrect.

🤣 A dobber is a penis in part of Scotland 🤣. On holiday years ago my DC fell about when told to get their daubers ready for bingo.🤣

Ain't language great?

edoc · 27/04/2022 22:19

The didge

Puffalicious · 27/04/2022 22:19

Sorry, in my part of Scotland.

ChanceNorman · 27/04/2022 22:21

The buttons

PineForestsAndSunshine · 27/04/2022 22:21

Remote control or TV remote

Seems a bit dry compared to some of the fabulous names here.

<Considers renaming ours Ralph>

ZarquonsSandals · 27/04/2022 22:27

Remote

WhatsitWiggle · 27/04/2022 22:28

The buttons

ZenNudist · 27/04/2022 22:28

Remote

Why?

ImpulsiveFlake · 27/04/2022 22:29

Zapper or doingle.

Magicmagician · 27/04/2022 22:31

Doozit, remote or thingy-whit-what

Chaoslatte · 27/04/2022 22:33

The buttons

LowbrowVictoriana · 27/04/2022 22:35

The fuzzer

GirlsTalk250 · 27/04/2022 22:35

Clicker

whomoon · 27/04/2022 22:36

I call it the box, my DP calls it the clicker

tupperwaretowers · 27/04/2022 22:36

The Pogger

ScrubUpWellInMySundayBest · 27/04/2022 22:40

I either call it the remote, controls or the handset.

mantlepiece · 27/04/2022 22:40

The twitcher

Sharrowgirl · 27/04/2022 22:40

Doofer seems very common! I’ve never, ever heard it called that before this thread.

The remote in our house.