• Britain has over 50 different names for the remote control, from thingymajiggy to Trevor
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[QUOTE=Kirrimir;42242386]99% of these are not used/made up[/QUOTE] 49.5 of them are made up?
[QUOTE=Cushie;42242180]Our family always called them the buttons. Some of my friends family called it the zapper. Its such a strange but hilarious thing, that every household seems to have a different and unusual name for the remote.[/QUOTE] Not in America, it's just the remote or the remote control We suck at names [editline]19th September 2013[/editline] I'm calling it Trevor from now on.
I call it a Merote
My name is Trevor. I always knew I was a remote control.
Everyone in my friend's house used to call it dink dink until he started to use dink as a substitute for dick.
My grandfather would always call it something different each time.
Man, you guys are just as bad as Aussies.
I'm laughing more than I probably should at "The Hoofer-Doofer"
[QUOTE=Reds;42241615][IMG]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxf3k3l4ot1qdrfnmo1_400.png[/IMG] [sp]God I wish I could just leave it at that without getting banned for an image macro.[/sp] There's not really much to say that doesn't ruin the joke.[/QUOTE] Mfw Americans call a doofangle a 'remote' Mfw Americans call a hoofer doofer a 'remote' etc
[QUOTE=Boilrig;42241726]"The trolls" What.[/QUOTE] Remote Controller Remote Control Controller Troll The Trolls.
where the fuck is dibber
Holy shit this is incredible
I call it eferuptus farka
We call it the zapper, my mate calls it the flicker.
We call it the "Umphenshlaarphen" Um fen Shlar fen
It's amazing how many of those names are also used for vibrators.
You sure these are for remotes?
[QUOTE=Reds;42241615][IMG]http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxf3k3l4ot1qdrfnmo1_400.png[/IMG] [sp]God I wish I could just leave it at that without getting banned for an image macro.[/sp] There's not really much to say that doesn't ruin the joke.[/QUOTE] If you make it yourself for this specific occasion it's a get-out-of-refugee-camp-free card.
Most of these are words for things in general, they're not specific to remotes.
"The Flapper" thats really catchy
We call it the flicky-dick Yeah.
My dad calls it the doofer and my mum calls it the zapper.
Sounds about right
To be fair there's quite a few things there that are applied to everything. I'm always calling things a 'doo-dah' when I'm looking for it and for some reason can't remember what it's called. 'Anyone seen my...doo-dah...thingy?' 'Yeah. It's by the door with your left one'.
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What about "the infra red television remote controller device" as it's know in my house hold.
I call it the Coherent Infrared Variable Amplitude Photoemitter. Pass me the CIVAP
In our house, it's either the remote, chat or channel.
I call it the "thing I can never find"
[QUOTE=Coffee;42244969]I call it the "thing I can never find"[/QUOTE] you mean 'The Yeti'?
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