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A tiny plastic god you can never find, worshipped from the couch.
means Far away in space, time, or connection — or the handheld device that lets you control something from a comfortable distance.
from From Latin 'remotus,' the past participle of 'removere,' to move back or away — 're-' (back) plus 'movere' (to move), the same root that gives us 'remove' and 'motion.' So a remote place is literally one that has been 'moved away,' and the couch-bound clicker is named for the distance it conquers.
button graveyardMost buttons get pressed maybe three times ever
couch abyssStatistically vanishes into cushions on a cosmic schedule
infrared ageMost still beam invisible light, like a 1950s laser
channel surfCoined in 1986 as TV-flipping became a sport
sticky truthAmong the germiest objects in any household