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What do you call the TV remote in your house?

217 replies

TooFirty · 14/08/2024 19:32

Just some light lols while I'm moping in bed getting over a bug..

Some people have hilarious names for the telly remote

In our house it was the Zapper or the Button Presser

My nan called it the Wobbler

In my friends house it was the Bipper

OP posts:
1AngelicFruitCake · 14/08/2024 19:33

We must be boring then..,the remote 😄

MonsterMunched · 14/08/2024 19:34

Doofer

Unmute · 14/08/2024 19:34

The buttons

mateusrose678 · 14/08/2024 19:34

The Flickr

ISpyWithMyLittleEyeSomethingBeginningWith · 14/08/2024 19:35

The clicker

LateMumma · 14/08/2024 19:35

Magic buttons when I was a child

ICantLogIn · 14/08/2024 19:35

Unmute · 14/08/2024 19:34

The buttons

This!

3rdtimeinflorida · 14/08/2024 19:35

The clicker!

CocoapuffPuff · 14/08/2024 19:35

Pinger

Oopsy41 · 14/08/2024 19:36

The clicker

BiggieLittle · 14/08/2024 19:36

Cheesyga- don’t ask I have absolutely no bloody idea why or by who/when. I do have a 6 year old so think it was named by him but it was so long ago I genuinely can’t remember how it came about.

cortex10 · 14/08/2024 19:36

Frank (Zapper)

Pocketfullofdogtreats · 14/08/2024 19:37

The doobrie

IfflePiffle · 14/08/2024 19:37

The controller which is what I thought everyone called it! Some of these are way more fun

FairisleFairy · 14/08/2024 19:37

The remote. Call it what it is!

Toddlerteaplease · 14/08/2024 19:37

Didge

Plastoslax · 14/08/2024 19:37

Merote remole

TooFirty · 14/08/2024 19:37

Some great ones already, Doofer and Pinger; brilliant! 🤣

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CaptainCallisto · 14/08/2024 19:38

The podger (because you podge it)

ForgettingMeNot · 14/08/2024 19:38

Mote

TooFirty · 14/08/2024 19:38

BiggieLittle · 14/08/2024 19:36

Cheesyga- don’t ask I have absolutely no bloody idea why or by who/when. I do have a 6 year old so think it was named by him but it was so long ago I genuinely can’t remember how it came about.

🤷🏻‍♀️🤣 love it

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shellyleppard · 14/08/2024 19:38

The remote, or on a bad day the whatchamacallit 😂😂 I also get annoyed when I can't find the bloody thing 😂😂

Moonshiners · 14/08/2024 19:39

The deep deep

I thought everyone did until I left home!

MaJoady · 14/08/2024 19:39

The doofery-dobber or doofer here too

Winter41 · 14/08/2024 19:39

Dibdab

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