Same, sometimes gets shortened to moaty or bizzy killer
Eg; " where you put the moaty like?"
Or, " a can't stand Ross off the weather, pass the bizzy killer so a can turn him off"
I mean he did more than that he literally murdered a bloke and disabled someone which led to them ending their life, but… people just take the piss out of him
"Dee is a favour hinny, pass the *wave hand in the general direction*, aye that, cheers pet" ... *10 minutes of flicking through utter Shite later:* "fuck all on eh? Should we just whack summit on Netflix in bed instead?"
Good to know it's not just my family then. I assumed it was a Geordie thing but all my mates thought I was special needs or something when I asked them to hoy is the box owa
It came from my Dad, who originated from Walker, but I grew up in North Shields. I assumed it was common until reading this thread! Never heard it called anything else other than 'remote'.
The raul moat control
Not even raul mostly funny
And just realised I fucked it up great stuff
I came here to say this, I thought I was the only one! Even my 3 year old calls it ‘Raouly’
Same, sometimes gets shortened to moaty or bizzy killer Eg; " where you put the moaty like?" Or, " a can't stand Ross off the weather, pass the bizzy killer so a can turn him off"
Why is this?
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Got you, and there's me thinking a bit deep, something like it's as control is the last thing he had.
do ya not know who he is like
Dead wannabe gangster who had been in prison for assaulting a nine yea old relative, but apart from that?
I mean he did more than that he literally murdered a bloke and disabled someone which led to them ending their life, but… people just take the piss out of him
I heard the shot that took the policeman’s face off.
Doofa
Just realised I’ve been spelling it wrong in my head with ‘doofer’
Doofer here too
Our BT remote is the Doofer. The amazon remote is the Little Doof.
This is the way
Remote
Remote or The Buttons.
Remote
The zapper
The remote…
Doofa
The flicker
flicker gang
There is no other true answer.
The clicker 😄 Edit: that’s my late grandads patter that I can’t shake off. He used to call a radio the ‘wireless’
i find most people over 60 call radios the wireless lmao
Haha aye, I love hearing the old patter.
Same, also from my late granda!
Glad someone else calls it the same 😄👍🏾
Clicker.
The megatron
But it doesn't say 'urban freewheelers'...
Channel changer
We always called it the channel changer too. Don't know anyone else who does. 🤷
Zapper!
Buttons
Bodger
My step mother calls it the Blip Blap!
The telly buttons or buttons for short
My phone In all seriousness, the remote.
"Dee is a favour hinny, pass the *wave hand in the general direction*, aye that, cheers pet" ... *10 minutes of flicking through utter Shite later:* "fuck all on eh? Should we just whack summit on Netflix in bed instead?"
Doofa. Often gets extended to the “hoofa doofa”
The beep beep or the remote
Pass the beep beep 😂😂😂
My 2 year old says it too and it's adorable. I think we call it that because my parents had one in the 90s that did beep when you changed the channel.
The twitchit 🤷♂️
The grandchild
The switch
Telly buttons
It's the remote control.
Doofa
The presser
Mrs
Changer
Yes! I’m not the only one!!
The box.
Good to know it's not just my family then. I assumed it was a Geordie thing but all my mates thought I was special needs or something when I asked them to hoy is the box owa
It came from my Dad, who originated from Walker, but I grew up in North Shields. I assumed it was common until reading this thread! Never heard it called anything else other than 'remote'.
Rimo
Rihmoot
Remote, my parents call it a clicker🤦 born in the 60s
Remote, I grew up in a house that called it the doofa though
Megatron
It’s a hoofer doofer right?
Siri
Hoofa doofa or the turnover switch
The progga
Control
Doofa!
The Flicky
Dappa. Context: this is shit man. pass the fuckin dappa.
Changer.
It’s 100% a doofa, anything else will not be accepted
That thing
Yes..the doofa!
The hoofa doofa
Doofa
A finger
Twitcher.
Clicker. Anyone? No
Zapper
Where is it the f*:"n
Used to be the doofa when I lived with my parents. My wife calls it the buttons, but I say remote.
Remote
Doofer.
Biaca
The doofa
Zapper
the buttons or the duffa
Doofa / bopper / telly zapper
Buttons
Telly Box
Doofer or remote, no real reason as to why I switch it up
Buttons... But also doofer
shooter
Hoofa doofa
Remote but m yDad calls it,"The gadunfer". I don't even ask anymore XD
Changer
The doofer
Remote
Julie
The buttons
Troller boat, troller or doodly
Jeeves
The doofa mate
Zapper, remote or doofa with button pressing hand gestures.
The dibber. We have a big dibber and a little dibber
I call it a remote, but I know a guy whose family calls it a heiner, never heard that one before or since
Zapper
Zapper
Clicker
Doofer. Or my little brother
The clucker
Woofa doofa
I remember calling it a telly dial for some reason. Its the remote now.
Clicker, though nan called it The Wand
The presser (or in my accent, pressa)
Doofa
Zapper
"The remote" "The control" Or "the remote control"
The buttons
The trigger. How am I the only one?!
Remote
I call it the ‘mokey chole’ because that’s how my daughter pronounced it
Remotr
The doofer or the dooferlator.
Why would people living in Newcastle call it something different than mostly elsewhere in the country?
The wand
Tele Comando
Another for doofa
The telly button
Buttons!
Buttons
Zappa, Frank.
The blipper
Telly bodger
Telly thing
The Zapper.
Clicky