100 Funny Names People Use for the TV Remote
I can’t find anything fun to watch. Here, take the "diddly do" and see if you can find something worth my time.
If you’re wondering what diddly do means, it’s just one of the many names Brits use to refer to the TV remote. The UK’s TV Licensing authority held a poll and found that British people use more than 100 different names for their TV remotes, like diddly do and some other funny sounding ones.
"The top moniker for remote control is simply ‘Remote’, with ‘Doofer’ or ‘Doofah’ in second place and ‘Zapper’ in third place. The survey also shows a marked increase in slang used across the country, with more than 100 regional variations identified. Names favoured in Scotland were ‘Gizmo’, the ‘Whatcha-ma-call–it’ in Wales and the ‘Zapper’ in Northern Ireland," explained TV Licensing.
Top 20 most popular names for TV remotes
More ways Brits refer to the TV remote
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If you’re wondering what diddly do means, it’s just one of the many names Brits use to refer to the TV remote. The UK’s TV Licensing authority held a poll and found that British people use more than 100 different names for their TV remotes, like diddly do and some other funny sounding ones.
"The top moniker for remote control is simply ‘Remote’, with ‘Doofer’ or ‘Doofah’ in second place and ‘Zapper’ in third place. The survey also shows a marked increase in slang used across the country, with more than 100 regional variations identified. Names favoured in Scotland were ‘Gizmo’, the ‘Whatcha-ma-call–it’ in Wales and the ‘Zapper’ in Northern Ireland," explained TV Licensing.
Top 20 most popular names for TV remotes
- Remote (or The Remote)
- Doofah (Doofer)
- Zapper
- Clicker
- Flicker
- Thing-a-ma-jig
- Switcher
- Whatcha-ma-call-it
- The Controller (or The Controls)
- Gizmo
- Button (or Buttons)
- Gadget
- The Box (or TV Box)
- The Changer
- Dibber
- Bleeper
- Blipper (or Bleeper)
- Doodah
- Flipper
- Plonker
More ways Brits refer to the TV remote
- Bat
- Beep Beeps
- Blaster
- Blodger
- Bopper
- Calc
- Calculator
- Chaneller
- Channel Changer
- Chopper
- Click Clack
- Clicky
- Cloncker
- Control Panel
- Control Stick
- Dib Dob
- Diba Dabba
- Dicker Docker
- Diddler
- Diddly Do
- Didgey
- Dinger
- Dip Dap
- Ditter
- Ditty
- DoDe
- Doflicker
- Donker
- Doobry
- Doodlestick
- Doof
- Doofar
- Doofrey
- Doosher
- Doot-doot
- Doo-ve-whacker
- Fat Controller
- Fat Enhancer
- Flicker Dicker
- Flicky
- Flickybox
- Frank
- Gun
- Hamburger
- Hoofah Doofer
- Hoofer Doofer
- Hurdy Gurdy
- Husband's Toy
- Jigger
- Jobber
- Knobs
- Mote
- Note
- Oobrie doobie
- Oofa Doofa
- Panic Button
- Plinker
- Pointything
- Presser
- Rem Rom
- Remington
- Remoter
- Romo
- Ronnie Remote
- Sky Box
- Stick
- Telly Commander
- Telly Control
- Telly-mote
- Tellything
- The Black Box
- The Mote
- The Stick
- The Thing
- The Wizard Stick
- Thing
- Thingy
- Turny-over Machine
- TV Gun
- TV Thing
- Wand
- Widger
- Widget
- Wotsit
- Wotsit
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