channel flicker

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channel flicker

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From channel + flicker.

noun channel flickers

  1. A remote control. Use the channel flicker if TV shows or commercials are too suggestive or show too much skin.

    Similar: flicker

  2. A person who compulsively watches excessive amounts of television. He became a channel-flicker par excellence, juggling images in his head, sandbags against loneliness, which only succeeded in keeping him awake, since his mind, unlike the television, could not be switched off at will.

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@misc{channel_flicker_2026,
  title = {channel flicker},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/channel%20flicker},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}