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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 block
Charging brick.
Unless I'm describing it in a system, then it's a full bridge rectifier :)
Charge box
cube or charging cube
Charger block/brick. I'm definitrly siding with you; "dongle" is a bit of a stretch for these.
Phone Charger/Wall Charger
"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
Egg.
I think I'd call them "bad USB chargers"
Block
Wall Warts.
Had to scroll a bit to get to the correct answer.
usb wall plugs.
beat me to it.
Wall charger
Landfill
I usually call them "those, uh, usb thingies" while pantomiming plugging one into the wall
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."
Wall to big USB.
My favorite has always been "wall wart"
"That thing to connect USB to the outlet"
"wall block"
Phone pixie wrangler.
USB chargers.
"Dongles" are wire to wire USB adapters for computers. Sound "cards", Ethernet adapters, video adapters.
USB power supply
POWER ADAPTER
Mode: YF-W36-2U
Input: 100-240v~50/60Hz 0.35A
Output: 5V=2.4A Total
"Brick," or "charger brick." Sometimes "AC adapter."
As a european, with safer plugs, a fire hazard.
"Charger" <- "Ładowarka" "Power adapter" <- "Zasilacz" (I am from Poland)
Charge block.
USB charger or adapter
Switchmode power supply.
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.
Stromziegel
Power brick, power adapter, or USB charger are what come to mind for me.
I gotta say I disagree heavily with your fiancee on dongles. IMO dongles are adapters for data of some kind, not just power from the wall. But to each their own I guess.
