What do you call your TV Remote?

Bill-e · 23-01-2009 2:39pm #1

In my family we have called it the Modge for many years.

I assume this stems from to word Modulator as in Frequency Modulator but I could be wrong.

I also know a girl who calls it a 'Goji'. I've no idea how that came about.

Do other people nickname the remote?
Is it just me?

midlandsmissus · 23-01-2009 2:41pm

that is wrong dude

Ruu_Old · 23-01-2009 2:42pm

Well it has Comcast written across it.

RxQueen · 23-01-2009 2:44pm

i call it : the remote control

for example : " hey guys , do any of ye know where the "remote control " is"

or

" will you pass me the remote control please"

Poloman · 23-01-2009 2:44pm

We have a cool name for ours.

We call it "The Remote"

Classic!!

chiliconparmi · 23-01-2009 2:44pm

When I was a kid I called it the 'changer' now I just call it .... the remote

deleriumtremens · 23-01-2009 2:44pm

The zapper

Turd Ferguson · 23-01-2009 2:45pm

When I was younger I used to call it the changer.
Now I can remotely access my TV with my mind, so I have no need for a remote control.

Bill-e · 23-01-2009 2:46pm

Oh... So it is just me then...

Penn · 23-01-2009 2:46pm

Professor Armando Hermodulator Slansdanovich

Kettle316 · 23-01-2009 2:47pm

I dont know why but everyone in my family always calls it "the doofer"!!:D

Rob_l · 23-01-2009 2:48pm

We got one with a tv many years ago which when you changed the station made a clickign sound that remote became known as the clicker

but now i call my remote Steve and steve has become my best friend

giddybootz · 23-01-2009 2:49pm

in my house it was always the flickie

i also call it the clicker (not to be confused with the click-click which is a stapler!!)

Jet Black · 23-01-2009 2:49pm

Call mine mote??

SarahJ · 23-01-2009 2:50pm

Used to call it the Chopper, just a plain old Remote now.

Stercus Accidit · 23-01-2009 2:51pm

Used to be the controller, remote now, heard it called the buttons before also.

madmik · 23-01-2009 2:52pm

my girlfriend calls it "the flicker" and i hate her for it

it sounds gay "wheres the flicker"

Enii · 23-01-2009 2:53pm

We call ours the Mo-key.

And it's constantly hiding on us!

ManFromAtlantis · 23-01-2009 2:53pm

either where is ' the yoke' or 'the gismo' ........ dunno u had it last ..........sorry gettin carried away........

counterpointaud · 23-01-2009 2:54pm

Doodie flipper.

Don't know where it came from actually.

Sleipnir · 23-01-2009 2:56pm

Clicker is the remote for the car's central locking :rolleyes:

I like "Modge"

From this day, mine shall also be called 'the modge' and when my girlfriend asks why, and I tell her it's for frequency modulator, she can roll her eyes and give me that look that says "why didn't I pick that other guy"

Stercus Accidit · 23-01-2009 2:58pm

Actually lately it is frequently reffered to as, "where is the...

...fuckin yoke, yekno, the fucking yokey tv fuckin thing."

or

...fuckin thing, the tv thing, fuckin... fuckin.. fuckin... remote yoke, fuckin tv remote."

funk-you · 23-01-2009 2:58pm

Call mine the 'button presser'. Suppose technically thats me though

-Funk

starflake · 23-01-2009 2:59pm

deleriumtremens wrote: »

The zapper

lol +1

Throw us over 'The Zapper' there will ya!!?

Joe's fanclub · 23-01-2009 3:12pm

Mine is called the 'dooja'

inherited it, whole family call it that

23-01-2009 3:12pm

The "feckin remote" as in, Give me the feckin remote and I put of that s***e!

ast · 23-01-2009 3:13pm

fat controller

Since this refers to the NTL remote which is pretty big I quite like the name

Sleipnir · 23-01-2009 3:14pm

Joe's fanclub wrote: »

Mine is called the 'dooja'

inherited it, whole family call it that

Jeez, I hope my parent's leave me more than the feckin remote when they go.

whiskeyman · 23-01-2009 3:14pm

We call ours Maddie.

Can never seem to find it...

Bill-e · 23-01-2009 3:16pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

We call ours Maddie.

Can never seem to find it...

HAHAHA! Ouch!

pq0n1ct4ve8zf5 · 23-01-2009 3:18pm

It's called the cooter in our house for some reason. Gets us some funny looks from Americans.

120_Minutes · 23-01-2009 3:19pm

Ziggy, because when the batteries start to die I have to smack it like Al did on quantum leap.

stovelid · 23-01-2009 3:19pm

Wife.

Vain · 23-01-2009 3:20pm

I call mine yore ma, because it likes to get its buttons pressed like yore ma.

Executive Steve · 23-01-2009 3:20pm

madmik wrote: »

my girlfriend calls it "the flicker" and i hate her for it

it sounds gay "wheres the flicker"

Is she dutch? because "flikker" actually is a dutch derogatory term for a homosexual!

Stercus Accidit · 23-01-2009 3:26pm

whiskeyman wrote: »

We call ours Maddie.

Can never seem to find it...

We call ours the Maddie.

We nicked it from some couples apartment and havn't given it back...

IvySlayer · 23-01-2009 3:26pm

I call it....'Touch that and I'll feckin' slap ya!'

Nehaxak · 23-01-2009 3:30pm

The "switcher" or "switcharounder".

Vain · 23-01-2009 3:30pm

IvySlayer wrote: »

I call it....'Touch that and I'll feckin' box the head off ya!'

Fixed it for. A slap sounds gay:D

Femelade · 23-01-2009 3:40pm

My boyfriend and I constantly disagree on this, I call it the "controls" (or sometimes the remote or sometimes the remote controls)he calls it the "zapper"..
To me, the Zapper is the thing i have at work for opening the door of the "Lock up" (Garage)

Gauge · 23-01-2009 3:45pm

My dad called it a didjeri-doo. Used to get angry with my friends when I was younger if they tried to tell me that no one else called it that.

sam34 · 23-01-2009 3:47pm

mine is simply "the remote" but my sister calls hers "the telly stick"

Abi · 23-01-2009 4:04pm

I call it his "other penis".

Never far from his grip, that is. Tends to get upset if it isnt, and calls a household search for it if it does. I usually find it of course.

"See, it never left the room darling. Your árse just swallowed it up"

Earns me a chase around the house

Clare Bear · 23-01-2009 4:07pm

Yoke or thingy

James Forde · 23-01-2009 4:10pm

It's referred to as the "hickey" at home.

Sounds seriously disturbing when me ma say's "pass us the hickey would ya!"

Edgedinblue · 23-01-2009 4:10pm

usually jst call it the remote or the majiggy. altho i'll agree with clarebear, yoke and thingy have come to use in my house when i cant think of remote.

Collie D · 23-01-2009 4:11pm

"F*cking thing"

In context:

"Give me the f*cking thing now. I am watching the football and not those poxy soaps again"

Usually followed up with

"Yes, I would like to eat some dinner tonight so you watch your Coronation Street"

weeder · 23-01-2009 4:11pm

we all call it the remote but my ma always refers to it as "the controls" it annoys me

madmik · 23-01-2009 4:12pm

[cm]tyranny wrote: »

Is she dutch? because "flikker" actually is a dutch derogatory term for a homosexual!

no shes polish

she worked as an au pair in ireland and the house she worked in (irish family) called it the flicker

Naos · 23-01-2009 4:14pm

The Megatron.

Much love for whoever gets the reference.

WithCheesePlease · 23-01-2009 4:18pm

I remember our first remote at home was attached to the VCR with a cable. True story. An old Fergusson top loading VCR. Happy days.

What do you call your TV Remote?

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