The Whatjimacallit....
The TV remote control thingy -what's it called in your family?
We have an array of plonkers for the various bits of audio/visual entertainment equipment.
We have three remotes--"the remote," "the MythTV remote," and "the DVD remote."
We usually call them all "where's the fucking remote?!"
The Remote.
...if we need to be specific:
The gray one.
The black one.
We have the DVD Remote, the Tivo Remote, and the Big Remote (multi-function that works everything). On a good day two of them can be found; it's usually just one.
We fondly refer to ours as "the remote."
I have sole control of the one that operates the DVD/VCR, because it is too confusing for my mother. The Digital Cable remote is sometimes beyond her in complexity, but at least she's able to find the Food Network.
*my flicker* and *mine flicker*.
My flicker is any of the ones that work (they dont like green cordial apparently!!), mine flicker is the one that the boys are allowed to play with because they are rooted :)
My spacebar has ceased functioning, coupled with thewine I am consuming....apologies in advance.
I thought they were always called "zappers"? My mum has two (Frank and Moon Unit :p ). We have ... er ... lots. One for the digibox (a tivo type thingie), one for the DVD, one for the video, and two for the TV. The digibox one does work the TV, but doesn't activate the AV channel where the DVD signal is found, so we keep one TV zapper for the AV button, and the other because I prefer the shape of it. We know where they all are, they're all on the floor with a telephone or two :rolleyes: . Yes, it's probably time to rationalise things a little ...
The fat controller. Oh and the the dvd remote (usually prefaced by curses as it goes missing more often).
As I'm only asking the cats where it is, it doesn't really matter what I call it, but my Mum used to call the remote "the controls" and it was only a small step from there to the Thomas the Tank Engine name.
"The remote" (which controls the stereo, VCR, and TV) and "the dvd remote". The damn dvd remote uses signals that the programmable remote can't replicate even in learning mode, so we have to have two remotes. This annoys me, but with regular therapy and medication, I'm able to deal with it.
...the MythTV remote...
:heart-on::heartpump:grinnylov:love:
Another MythUser!
The clicker.
I can actually remember when they did 'click'. The first ones used a tuning fork and thus operated on audio frequencies rather than light (IR). You could only switch channels... and only up one at a time. Of course, there were only 12.
The re-mote, from me, the re-mote from the wife, or "the spud-gun" when either of us particularly feel like couch potatoes.
It's the remote. A friend of mine calls it the TV box. Weirdo.
What glatt said. Including the therapy and medication ... :D
I need a 'learning mode' to master the subtleties ... I will NOT be bested by my 14 year old!!!
This year for Xmas we got a
harmony 880 remote , I am still working on the logic ( of what all I want to be off and on at any given time ) But it is PROMISING !!!
It is to replace the 5 remotes that you have to go thru in the proper sequence ,
we had to leave written and drawn Instructions for our neibors a while back as they were watching our house while we were out of town .
I just got a new Cable-box DVR that came with a universal remote that amazingly does almost everything I need done. A huge improvement over the last one.
And I call them all remotes.
i guess I'm just self centered, but i look at this thread title and all i see is 'what
jim may call it'.
it's spelled:
i guess I'm just self centered, but i look at this thread title and all i see is 'what jim may call it'.
it's spelled:
Well, what jim a'call it?
[COLOR="Blue"]Common placeholders in the English language include:
dealie or dealy
dingus
doodad
doo-hickey
doofer
frammis
frobnitz
gadget
geemie
gewgaw or geegaw
gizmo
hodad
hingmy (Scottish, derived from thingummy)
jobby or jobber
junk
McGuffin
stuff
thing
thingamabob
thingamajig
thingy
widget
whatchamacallit (US form of whatsitsname) (originated by the phrase “What you may call it”)
whatnot
whatsit (sometimes spelled wotsit)
whatsitsname (British form of whatchamacallit)
yoke (Commonly used in Ireland)
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They forgot whatsherface and whatshishead
I use the placeholder 'thingy' and 'doo-hicky' way, waaaaay too often.
I reckon nonsense words can be spelled any nonsensical way I damn well please ;) And anyway, I really was only interested in Jim's opinion.
They missed oojimaflip from the list. See, it's all about Jim :lol:
I'd start making use of 'hodad' because I find it unusual, but I'm sure that I'd be misunderstood.
the conch; taken from the book "Lord of the Flies".
I'll sometimes use the term "item" for such things. And occasionally "unit".
I call it the remote. Maybe the TV remote or the DVD remote. I know a girl that calls it the "clicky" incessantly.
the clicker or we just cut out the words and make the thumb desperately pressing the button motion (usually due to awful programing or because one of the very few shows we watch is coming on and one of us actually remembered)
I need to invest in one of those whathca-ma-do-hickeys that beeps when you whislte.. heh.. or perhaps a clicker to find ones remote?
I have a terrible whatchamacallit tragedy.
One of the doohickeys critical to programming my VCR has decided that it no longer functions. I have tapped it, mashed it, and begged it to function, all to no avail.
Because cheap VCR manufacturers no longer put programming controls onto the front of the machine, I can't change any of the existing programs. I also can no longer adjust the time or date settings of my machine. Just so long as I don't want to make any changes to my current programming schedule, I'm okay. I can tape to timeshift things I've already selected, but as soon as DST begins, I'm screwed. None of the programmable remotes that I have (there are at least three in the desk downstairs) that would be usable for the VCR have programming controls ... they are limited to basic play, FF, REW, channel changing. Any remote capable of doing what I need it to do would probably cost more than a new VCR. Yes, new recording device is probably going to end up being my solution, but any thoughts on what I can do until I buy something else?
Spend more time with us here? :)
I never watch TV anymore -I'm too much of a net nerd.
But I did see a universal remote with video or DVD controls (not sure which now, but if it's universal they're probably the same thing, right?) in one of the electrical stores for about 5 bucks a couple of months ago. I didn't pay too much attention to its specs because I was trying to wrestle it from my 5yo who didn't like the offering on the demo TVs and thought he had the solution)
They're 'buttons', of course.
The TV buttons, Sky buttons, Tape buttons, DVD buttons, CD buttons, Wireless buttons....
In fact, the only buttons the current wife will not aknowledge are the missing buttons from my shirt......
my shirt buttons are missing I cry
so what she says
so sew them I say
you should be so lucky she says
Do your hands not work Jay? :p
I'd start making use of 'hodad' because I find it unusual, but I'm sure that I'd be misunderstood.
Not from this quarter.
And Shawnee, whoever told anybody "whatsitsname" wasn't used in America? Now, "wossname," there's a different story -- that story being the kind of compression that's happened to Worcester and Salisbury, among others. It'd still be understood; just thought a trifle quaint.
You might care to add "doo-funny," one O or two, to the list.
And the
whatchamajigger dances the
thingamajig.