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What do you call the thing you use to change TV channels?

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ClashCityRocker · 18/04/2019 15:23

I've just watched Tenable and the thing I thought it was called didn't make the top ten of names.

I'm honestly, genuinely shocked. I thought it was really common and would be the most obvious answer.

(Pinger)

OP posts:
RiddleyW · 18/04/2019 15:24

Remote or remote control. Never heard pinger!

pallisers · 18/04/2019 15:24

we call it the flicky.

MadCatEnthusiast · 18/04/2019 15:24

A remote/remote control

PenCreed · 18/04/2019 15:24

The remote. Or somethings just “the thing”...

ooopsupsideyourhead · 18/04/2019 15:25

Zapper

sunshineandshowers21 · 18/04/2019 15:25

i call it a remote. my nan calls it the box. my dad calls it a doofer, which my five year old finds hilarious!

PenCreed · 18/04/2019 15:25

Sometimes! Not somethings, thanks phone.

LegoPeopleEverywhere · 18/04/2019 15:25

Remote

rabbitheadlights · 18/04/2019 15:25

remote, or gadget

FlowersInMotion · 18/04/2019 15:25

Remote control, sometimes just the remote. I've never heard of anyone calling it a pinger before.

Gomyownway · 18/04/2019 15:25

Flicker

crocsaretoocoolforschool · 18/04/2019 15:25

Flicky at my parent's house and remote now with my children

Also known at the thingy, doofer or what's it

Soubriquet · 18/04/2019 15:25

Remote or control

Mokepon · 18/04/2019 15:26

Remote
Mote
Or Precious (as in Ramotswe). Don't ask.

Handsfull13 · 18/04/2019 15:26

I call it a dibber but my partner calls it a doofer

Original poster
ClashCityRocker · 18/04/2019 15:26

'Doofer' took the top spot!

OP posts:
EjectorCrab · 18/04/2019 15:26

Remote control. Intrigued by what you’re call it.

mynameisMrG · 18/04/2019 15:27

I call it a remote but my dad calls it the dingus

Gomyownway · 18/04/2019 15:27

I have never heard of ‘doofer’ in my life

TreadingThePrimrosePath · 18/04/2019 15:27

Presser. Named by DD years ago.

flissfloss65 · 18/04/2019 15:27

The swisher

EjectorCrab · 18/04/2019 15:28

Doofer Confused
I’ve never heard of that before.

BathshebaKnickerStickers · 18/04/2019 15:28

Stardust.

No-one knows why.

It's so ubiquitous that it was DD3's first word.

CherieBabySpliffUp · 18/04/2019 15:28

We call it the doofer. I think the term originated with Noel Edmonds in the late 80s/early 90s

PinotAndPlaydough · 18/04/2019 15:29

Merote because my youngest could pronounce remote and it’s stuck.

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