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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread flipper control #104626 05/31/03 10:46 PM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill OP Carpal Tunnel OP WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... I just heard someone on a sitcom ad call a remote control a "flipper." We've been using that in our family for years, but I always thought it was our own personal clannish slang and never used it outside of the family. So I was surprised to hear it from the TV. Does anybody else call a remote control "the flipper"? Or anything else other than "the remote"? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted flipper control WhitmanO'Neill 05/31/03 10:46 PM Re: flipper control tsuwm 05/31/03 10:56 PM Re: flipper control of troy 05/31/03 11:01 PM Re: flipper control nancyk 05/31/03 11:46 PM Re: flipper control Tross 06/01/03 12:23 AM Re: flipper control Capfka 06/01/03 03:44 AM Re: flipper control of troy 06/01/03 10:34 AM Re: flipper control Capfka 06/01/03 05:24 PM Re: flipper control consuelo 06/01/03 05:40 PM Re: flipper control WhitmanO'Neill 06/01/03 01:10 PM Re: flipper control Buffalo Shrdlu 06/01/03 03:54 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,913 Posts229,331 Members9,182 Most Online3,341 Dec 9th, 2011 Newest Members Ineffable, ddrinnan, TRIALNERRA, befuddledmind, KILL_YOUR_SUV 9,182 Registered Users Who's Online Now 0 members (), 854 guests, and 1 robot. Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 32 A C Bowden 15 ddrinnan 1 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 10,542 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,916 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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