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No seriously, I always get blank stares when I ask people, I've called them wall chargers or power bricks, my friend called them plug chargers, my fiancee calls them dongles. What do you call these around your house, like when you're asking someone if they've seen any (______)'s
Power bricks or USB bricks. A dongle is an adapter, so it has some sort of thing on each side (besides a power plug lol).
are they called dongles because they dangle?
I guess so!
Okay, but also:
those are all power adapters. they're just different ports to adapt. so bottom right is a dc power adapter, middle right is also a dc power adapter. top left is a global power adapter. top right is a power adapter with 2 usb a ports. bottom left is unknown since we don't know what the other end is.
Simple. "USB Power Adapter".
Usb wall charger
Charging brick.
Unless I'm describing it in a system, then it's a full bridge rectifier :)
I call those release the Epstein files
Charger block/brick. I'm definitrly siding with you; "dongle" is a bit of a stretch for these.
Phone Charger/Wall Charger
Poopy diarrhea chargers
Wall Warts.
Had to scroll a bit to get to the correct answer.
I think I'd call them "bad USB chargers"
Charge box
cube or charging cube
AC/DC-inator
Full Bridge Rectifier
"no not an iPhone charger, I need USB C"
"You know, Perry the Platypus, my patent for the AC-DC-inator paid for this building! Didja know that? Huh? ...no, you knew that, you knew. You're pretty good at your job, Perry the Platypus."
Power block
"Thingie"
Or in my language -- "Negocinho".
A Negocinho and a Cabo ("a thingie and a cable") make a phone charger ("carregador de celular")
Brick.
Charger or phone charger
I usually call them "those, uh, usb thingies" while pantomiming plugging one into the wall
usb wall plugs.
beat me to it.
My favorite has always been "wall wart"
Egg.
Block
Wall charger
Landfill
POWER ADAPTER
Mode: YF-W36-2U
Input: 100-240v~50/60Hz 0.35A
Output: 5V=2.4A Total
Wall to big USB.
USB chargers.
"Dongles" are wire to wire USB adapters for computers. Sound "cards", Ethernet adapters, video adapters.
"That thing to connect USB to the outlet"
As a european, with safer plugs, a fire hazard.
"Brick," or "charger brick." Sometimes "AC adapter."
Wall wart, but nobody knows what the fuck I’m talking about. “charger plug” is what those anround me expect to hear. So, that’s what I call them.
Same here, it seems to be the most common in tech circles online. I've never once said it and have someone understand. Not the meaning, nor the words.
Charge block.
