noun General Slang

clicker

· noun · midwest

The TV remote control — what people in Michigan and New England call the thing that changes channels.

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The TV remote. Regional staple across Michigan, the wider Midwest, and New England — boomers and Gen-Xers especially. Named after the old mechanical remotes from the 50s/60s that literally clicked when you pressed them, and the name stuck even after infrared went silent.

“Toss me the clicker, the game's about to start.”
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Any handheld training device that makes a click sound — most famously the dog-training clicker used in positive-reinforcement training.

“She trained the puppy with a clicker and a pocket full of treats.”
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clicker In A Sentence

Toss me the clicker, the game's about to start.
She trained the puppy with a clicker and a pocket full of treats.

Origin & Usage

From the Zenith Space Command remote (1956), which used mechanical hammers striking aluminum rods — they literally clicked. The name outlived the mechanism.

Variants the clicker
Tags #midwest#new-england#michigan#regional#household

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