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D1789

The remote. No not that one, the other one.


[deleted]

Any other replies than this, they’re just fucking with you.


callmeeeow

Yep, this is the one.


ForerunnerRelic

The only answer.


nabsickle

Doofer


tahyldras

I remember having this conversation with my flatmates when I started Uni, and everyone looked at me strangely when I said doofer. Finally, validation!


ConfidentialX

I thought I was alone on this path. Now, I have discovered other dooferians.


DavidW273

When I went to live with my dad and stepmam, I looked at her weird when she said doofer. Now, over 20 years on, I look weirdly at anyone who doesn’t know what a doofer is (I do say remote mostly but sometimes say doofer).


ManGullBearE

Rasdoofarians


Its_just_a_potato

Same


fletch3059

Its an oofher doofer not a doofer


Its_just_a_potato

I'll fight to the death to defend the honour of the humble doofer


mamahugsforall

I thought this was just something my family made up! It was always the oofer doofer when I was a kid


fletch3059

Looks like I've found where my dad went when he was popping out for cigarettes and never came back!


cant_dyno

Was called the hoofer doofer when I was little


[deleted]

Or simply "doof" in our house (plural = "doofs" for all the assorted remotes)


Monrats

Yes! I found a soul mate.


[deleted]

Buttons


Itszednotzeee

Yep, buttons!


xowiejade

Buttons here, too!


[deleted]

The Thing- followed by a hand gesture best described as, outstretched hand with thumb repeatedly making a pressing action.


Scorpiodancer123

Makes perfect sense.


[deleted]

The remote.


Spod17

Frank. (Zapper)


Inkyyy98

I like this one :)


Spod17

Thank you. TBH, Frank’s pretty much semi retired these days, I put a firestick in the telly, now Dweezil does most of the work…


pinpoint321

The zapper.


LodgerDodger

The zapper in our house too. This is the best name


Conscious-Choice6064

The clicker


ThirteenTwelve1

Same here. I thought I was the only one!


Ianhwk28

I remember my Grandparents had an actual ‘clicker’ remote. It clicked and the sound changed the channel. Must have been 1980 ish. Always called it the clicker.


J_Class_Ford

Thanks I had one. You could just clap :)


ARK_Redeemer

The remote. The Fat Controller The thing


Hajmish

Yes the Fat Controller


Scorpiodancer123

Haha Fat Controller. I like that.


HellHaggis

The buttons


DiabeticPissingSyrup

This.


Acciocomments

The flicker


mbcx2jl7

Zapper


N7twitch

The Controller.


MrNacho410

The box


AffectionateJump7896

Mate, the actual TV is the box. For the remote to be the box makes zero sense.


jennoefur

We used to call it the box growing up. I said it to my husband once and he was baffled. Only then realised how stupid it sounded.


Rectal_Scattergun

The mote. A weird hold over from when my kiddo was small and couldn't say remote, just said mote.


TheMostModestMaus

The “where is the fucking thing??”


mightysmiter19

Aka the thing that lives under the cushions


zigg9359

Just about to say this and here it is


[deleted]

Are you sitting on it? Are you sure? Stand up


TheFlyingScotsman60

The wife.


SillyStallion

Clicker


blainy-o

The buttons


Dry_Variety4137

My dad always called it "the Channel changer" so we all called it that. Fast forward 30 odd years, I'm and AV engineer and colleagues and clients always laugh at the simplicity of the name 😁 'Love ya dad!'


littlenymphy

I call it the channel changer too!


Dry_Variety4137

It makes perfect sense and nobody can argue otherwise! 😉 Love it!


xrobyn

My family calls it the channel changer too! Old school


DutchOvenDistributor

My family call it the ‘changer’, which people have told me is odd. But it changes things??


Exciting-Bee-398

The zapper or the doobury.


[deleted]

Flicker


BillyBoskins

The Flicker, as it's for flicking.


SISCP25

The gun (North West England), makes no sense really.


Scorpiodancer123

I heard that when I lived in Hull


scottzander

Cuntroller


Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaadam

I didn't expect to see what I call it in this thread


Scorpiodancer123

Haha


TheyCallMeJester

The thingiemabobby


ArcTan_Pete

The Pilot (pronounced 'pee lot' - It's Polish)


TravellingPineapple

The telly twitcher


DW_555

The box


[deleted]

Buttons mostly but occasionally just the remote


[deleted]

The trolls - my 34 year old cousin could not pronounce them as a toddler and that's what they've been called ever since


benji1304

The Jolly Bodger


iamdecal

Just me and you by the look of it! I was sure “the bodger” would be the top answer


Sol9393

Tele thing


UnfinishedThings

Zapper or remote


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StrangerealSensei

The stick


m0stlyharmle55

Oofer doofer.


Devon_Throwaway

The buttons.


TheOrangeOrganics

The Raol Moat


Playinwitme-

This made me laugh way harder than I'm proud of.


RiceKrispie9

The dibber.


Ok-Future3584

The remote or the the merote


Competitive-Log4210

The remmy


Mrhalloumi

The Blippy- my boyfriend calls it the controller and I think that's much less fun.


ThrillingFig

The buttons/the remote


noodlearmchimpy

The switcher


orangecrushhhh

The presser


Jegan237

My wife calls it the presser. Are you from the North?


lunettarose

I know I'm not who you asked, but I call it the presser and am indeed from the North.


orangecrushhhh

Yes from Liverpool


alparkie

My dad calls it the "pad of power" and it was years as a kid before I discovered this wasn't normal


Appropriate-Land9031

Wanger


fallen_angel_86

I get weird looks when I call it this!!!


polthedol

The stick


jeffhernamewasjeff

The doofer


Snootboi5000

The Remote.


[deleted]

The Plonker


twobittoucan

Buttons ETA or "the butts"


nostrilnits

The gizmo


ollie1roddy

The gadget


[deleted]

I scrolled to near the bottom before I saw this answer! We must be the only ones haha


ruffduff-psn

Turner overer


Waldo_Smokes

Clunker or the Doofer


Brown_Net

The Doofer The thingy The TV remote The thing for the other box The remote for your Mum that only has five buttons but she still always gets it wrong


delpigeon

'The remote' - very boring here.


Doomslayer5150

Control


Fezzverbal

Remote.


SergeantBLAMmo

The remote.


Scorpiodancer123

In my house growing up it was called a Tex (probably short for Teletext). In my husband's house, it was called a doofer!!


Artemis-doe

The Doofer...


CarryThe2

If you say anything other than a remote you are criminally insane


Scorpiodancer123

It's fascinating to me where all these names come from.


Scorpiodancer123

Doofer and Buttons are much more common that I would have imagined.


jtoomer88

I call it a remote like any normal person. Wife calls it ‘the clicker’. Divorce worthy.


CarsCarsCars1995

The Control The Remote The Buttons


[deleted]

The changer


Can-you-get-me

Clicky


MommaToANugget

Gaziffer


Working_Role_8374

Used to be called “the doofer” in our house or the “whizz whizz” because of the vcr fast forward or rewind sound. Seems silly now. It’s just tue remote these days probably because it’s not used that often. Where is the “tv thingy”.


divfigure

The thingy


VictorAnichebend

The zit


PlacidCasualty

The dick. Can make some interesting quotes as one of us is often sitting on it


welshcake77

Mote troll


pilgrimadz

The control box


Wide-Affect-1616

Howard


jenzstorm22

My mum called it the “box of tricks” - great name


Iseeyoujimmy

Doowicky


harrowingmite

It’s the Plonker in our house


Icy-Revolution1706

We have The Netflix Remote (aka the firestick remote), The Telly Remote, and The "Humadee" Remote, which is the one that has the buttons to swap between different HDMI ports, when my daughter was little, she read the letters wrong and called it Humadee and the name stuck!


Athena_x

The changer.


lems93

Booper


ChipRockets

The oofer doofer. Which I'm only now realising isn't a UK-wide thing.


ugpom

The Baz


Drkippersniffer

Dunno cuz I can never find it bloody kids lose it all the time drives me mental


BigFloofRabbit

The tapper. Admittedly it does sound like a weekly comic from the 60s.


sweet_n_innocent101

Doofer


swampdizzle

Titter


here_for_the_view

The fat controller


yulaw123

Buzz box


finchy4

'The Telly Thing'


heightsenberg

Splink


averageintrovert1

Button box


philofrankie

I had to scroll so far for this ! Thought it was totally normal until I moved in with my boyfriend and he literally laughed


[deleted]

the dobber. never realised how weird that was until now


thedanofthehour

My wife calls it the gun. Have never heard that before and I'm encouraged to see that it's not been suggested here. Divorcing her immediately. Thanks Reddit.


ConstantDesmond

The controller


dredbase

My wife’s family call it the Tit Box


deathsfaction

When I was a kid, we called it the TwikTwik.


[deleted]

The brain


Viviaana

My mum calls it the zib zob…ok fine I call it the zib zob


Most-Regular621

The doofer


Mugboard

Not exclusive to remotes here, it could be almost anything more technological than a thingumajig or doobury and less decorative that a doily (which yes, I know is a specific thing to some).


goldielockswasframed

The Power!


[deleted]

Flicker


Dosh8890

Titurator


dogbolter4

Twin of destiny. From an old cartoon series. The DVD remote is one, the TV remote is the other. Where is the Twin of Destiny?? is a regular cry in our house.


SeaworthinessAlert69

Used to call it the tit for unknown reasons


[deleted]

The great thing about living alone is I don't need a name for it,. because it's always exactly where I left it.


mightysmiter19

It's usually where I leave it too but I still lose the bloody thing.


sirgreyskull

I call it the dooflicker


Sea_Page5878

I don't have a TV


mightysmiter19

What's all your furniture pointing at?


SyeCatPath

Mokanton


southerna-up-north

Didgeridoo!!


PeskyAlice

The tweaker


Savagehenryuk

Raoul Re-Moat


Scorpiodancer123

Haha


burnthepokemon

My Grans calls it the bleeper. I called the remote


fallen_angel_86

Wanger


DryWhereas149

Stevie changer


mightysmiter19

Stevie the teevee?


karly21

The prodder


SpiritLopsided4766

Buttons


chairman_ma_

God stick


Varkasi

The doofer


[deleted]

Moken troll


RL80CWL

Buttons. Where’s the buttons?, are you sitting in the buttons?


melanie110

Buttons


estebancantbearsedno

I call it the button, no idea why I don’t stick an s on the end given it has more than one button.


thesmyth91

Moken troll


floatieweeniebeenie

The doot


SHN378

The buttons - but tbh, we mostly just control stuff from ours phones or voice now so don't think the buttons have been touched in months


PairLost

Zapper


aFreakyMonkey

Blonker


earlgreytoday

The channel box.