What do you call a remote control?

Here is something you might not have known but there is more than one name for a TV remote. In fact, there are actually over 100 names for a remote control used by the British!
Most places have their own dialects and accents, so over time people have made up their own names to distinguish a remote. There have been surveys showing how often people lose their remotes and the amount of remotes that people have to buy brand new, due to misplacing them or breaking them.
Here are just some of the following names;

1. Remote (remote control)
2. Doofah (doofer)
3. Zapper
4. Clicker
5. Flicker
6. Channel changer
7. Thing-a-ma-jig
8. Switcher
9. Watcha-ma-call-it
10. Gizmo
11. Button (Buttons)
12. The box (TV box)
13. Gadget
14. The changer
15. Dibber
16. Bleeper
17. Blipper ( Bleeper)
18. Doodah
19. Bat
20. Bopper
21. Chaneller
22. Click Clack
23. Control panel
24. Control stick
25. Mote
26. Oofa Doofa
27. Sky box
28. Stick
29. Telly commander
30. Telly control
31. TV thing
32. Widget
33. Widger
34. Ronnie Remore
35. Jigger
36. Husband’s toy
37. TV gun
38. Stick

There are endless names for what people call a TV remote, and each one is interesting. If you would like to have some fun make sure you comment and tell us what you call a TV remote. Remember no answer is wrong or silly, we all have our own ways of communicating! Now, let’s have some fun! What do you call a remote control?
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