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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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boredsolicitor · 14/08/2024 20:36

Tit box or Titter - somethign to do with nipples i think ?

MovingSwiftlyOn · 14/08/2024 20:37

The gadget for the TV remote, the Gizmo for the multitude of others Smile

whojamaflip · 14/08/2024 20:39

Known as the controls in our house but growing up it was the doofer

MyPurpleHeart · 14/08/2024 20:39

The tellamachine 🤣

Blueuggboots · 14/08/2024 20:39

The flicker dicker....or the remote.
Flicker dicker was what we called it as kids and it stuck. 🤣

JaffaCake70 · 14/08/2024 20:40

The Dipper

johnd2 · 14/08/2024 20:42

Telly box

ginandoreos · 14/08/2024 20:42

Switcher

willowtree66 · 14/08/2024 20:43

Oofer-doofer. I think it was from an old tv show but can't remember which one.

Depressedbarbie · 14/08/2024 20:44

The woodja

johnd2 · 14/08/2024 20:44

We called it the foof but I quickly realised that wasn't what everyone called it when I said it in year 4 at school

Crispsgincider · 14/08/2024 20:45

The Power
"Who's got the power?"

OnAndOnAndonAgain · 14/08/2024 20:46

The doofa

wildfellhall · 14/08/2024 20:47

"The whapper"
Of course!

FishBowlSwimmer · 14/08/2024 20:49

Mee Mo. I think it comes from my daughter's attempt at saying remote as a tot and has just stuck, in the same way The Simpsons will always be pronounced "The simsims" in our house.

AWomanInWinter · 14/08/2024 20:52

I love this thread. I was so shocked when I went to a friend's house as a teen and we were watching TV and his dad said "pass me the commander".

hepsitemiz · 14/08/2024 20:53

Le beep

Welcometotheocbitch · 14/08/2024 20:54

Irdy girdy 🤷🏻‍♀️

moggiek · 14/08/2024 20:59

The Fatty. Our first remote control in the early 80s was a little square box aka The Fat Controller. Been the Fatty ever since 😂

Waspie · 14/08/2024 20:59

The Rodney. Well I call it that. Everyone else thinks I'm insane.

mitogoshi · 14/08/2024 20:59

Boringly, the remote

Inlaw · 14/08/2024 21:00

Channel changer

XDownwiththissortofthingX · 14/08/2024 21:00

The remote.

MamaBear2210T · 14/08/2024 21:00

The box

imnotsickbutimnotwell · 14/08/2024 21:01

The “moklin troll” as that’s how my daughter pronounced it when very young.

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