English Dictionary

doofer

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈduːfə/

名詞

俗語 特定用法

(slang) An object the name of which the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know. / (slang, specifically) The remote control for a television.

日本語の意味

(スラング) 話者や書き手が名前を思い出せなかったり、知らなかったりする物体。 / (スラング, 特に) テレビのリモコン。

Can you hand me that doofer on the workbench?

作業台の上にあるあのやつを手渡してくれる？

意味（1）

(slang) An object the name of which the speaker or writer cannot remember or does not know.

意味（2）

(slang, specifically) The remote control for a television.

From a very early age, my elder grandson took to calling the remote control for the TV the ‘doofer’. He didn't come up with the name himself. It was the name his parents used, and he just picked it up – the name, that is, not the doofer. Actually, he became very adept at negotiating his way around the doofer and even had to teach his grandfather how it worked. But then, children pick these things up very quickly – like the doofer and the way it operates. Our doofer is always getting lost. It's never there when you need it, and it's always somewhere you don't want it to be – […]

doofers （ plural ）