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[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Do other people not use the word flipper for the TV remote control? Like, flip the channel?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 10 months ago (1 children)

no lmao

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

stares in southern

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago

When I was young "clicker" was common because the tech was so basic that they made a click sound. But I never heard "flipper".

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

My dad used to call it a flipper. He's dead now.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

In the upper Midwest a lot of people use the term "clicker" instead. Similar enough idea