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submitted 2 years ago by InevitableSwing@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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[–] D3FNC@hexbear.net 18 points 2 years ago (4 children)

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

[–] YearOfTheCommieDesktop@hexbear.net 22 points 2 years ago (1 children)

no lmao

[–] D3FNC@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

stares in southern

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years 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".

[–] FarFarAway@startrek.website 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

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

[–] Minnesocialism@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

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