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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

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Beaverbridge · 14/08/2024 20:19

The gadget. God knows why we don't call it the remote now I think of it!.

Mushable · 14/08/2024 20:19

rosiethenn · 14/08/2024 19:51

My husband, who had a very strange upbringing called the remote "the TV box" wtf

Telly box here 😂

lovinglongerdays · 14/08/2024 20:19

The God.

CaravaggiosCat · 14/08/2024 20:20

My dad sometimes calls it the 'press press' 😁

blackpear · 14/08/2024 20:21

The badooby

Nannyfannybanny · 14/08/2024 20:21

When I was growing up in the,50s,dibdab was nickname for a penis. Ours is the TV Remote,or the Sky Remote.

TheRosesAreInBloom · 14/08/2024 20:21

it’s a pilot here (as in flies the tv, I think i picked it up in Canada in the late 80s)

Doggymummar · 14/08/2024 20:22

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

We call it the rimmer

Shutupyoutart · 14/08/2024 20:22

dd3 calls it the moatkintroll lol everyone else calls it the buttons

Viewfrommyhouse · 14/08/2024 20:25

The 'comote'. Just what my ds called it when he was little and it stuck.

elliejjtiny · 14/08/2024 20:25

We call it the remote. Mil calls hers the clicker which for some reason sets my teeth on edge.

Cookerhood · 14/08/2024 20:25

The titty! No idea why. Or the remote more often now, which is a shame.

DiscoBeat · 14/08/2024 20:26

Mokeron Troll. That's what our 16 year old called oy as a toddler and it stuck!

Mumoftwo1316 · 14/08/2024 20:27

Viewfrommyhouse · 14/08/2024 20:25

The 'comote'. Just what my ds called it when he was little and it stuck.

We call it the Demote for the same reason!

Separately, we have an air purifier that flashes "AL" in allergen mode so we call it Betty after the Paul Simon song. It looks kind of feminine.

ByUmberCrow · 14/08/2024 20:28

Dinker donker 😆

scotscorner · 14/08/2024 20:28

The ‘toy’ weirdly! Because my parents always used to say ‘it’s not a toy!’ To my brothers and sisters when they were small.

Crackery · 14/08/2024 20:29

Have called it ' the changer' from childhood.

Where's the changer?

Doveyouknow · 14/08/2024 20:29

Dibber here

Seriously79 · 14/08/2024 20:30

Digit dopper!

Timeforanewname2014 · 14/08/2024 20:31

Plinky plonker. I thought this was a really common name for it - can't believe it's not been mentioned on here yet 😂

Milkand2sugarsplease · 14/08/2024 20:34

Telly-me-buttons here. God knows why!!!

Willowpuss · 14/08/2024 20:34

The Beeper

jellycat · 14/08/2024 20:34

It’s the Fat Controller here….both our dses were Thomas fans.

ssd · 14/08/2024 20:34

The doofer

girljulian · 14/08/2024 20:35

The Machine