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November 22, 2008 11:54:23 AM CST



Doobly? Fipper? What Do You Call the Remote?

Posted Jun 17, 08 6:42 PM CDT in Technology Arts & Living 

(Newser) – The English Project is looking for unique words used among friends and families, and it's found a particularly rich vein in alternative terms for the TV remote control, the Guardian of London reports. Favorites include:

  • doobly, podger, blipper
  • melly, didge, clicker

  • changer, flipper, zapper
  • the mote, the trolls, the buttons
  • doofla, do-flicky, onner-offer
  • Frank

Source Guardian (UK)

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A fine specimen of doofla.   ((c) kingnixon)
Remote controls.   ((c) nicolasnova)
A saucy little doobly.   ((c) trekkyandy)
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