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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

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[–] triptrapper@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

AC adapters

USB bricks or USB chargers

[–] ch00f@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago

Fire hazards

[–] ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago
[–] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 1 day ago

USB charger

[–] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

When I'm speaking English, I think I call them USB-to-outlet-thingy. Otherwise it's almost, but not exactly a direct translation: USB-Stecker.

[–] neomachino@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 day ago

Usually charger brick or just brick

[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 9 points 1 day ago

usb charger / usb wall plug / usb power adapter

drop the 'usb' when the context makes it obvious

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Germany: Ladegerät
Translated: Charging device

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[–] bluesheep@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 day ago

"Charger" (lader) in general and more specific "block" (blokje)

[–] rmuk@feddit.uk 9 points 2 days ago (2 children)

If the transformer is in the same housing at the plug with a separate cable (as shown): wall wart.

If the DC cable is attached, it's a charger.

If it's housed in its own case, it's a power brick.

If there's no transformer it's a power lead, unless it's rated for over 10A, then it's a power cable.

Dongles are peripherals that are housed in the same casing as the host connector. Anyone who thinks they can power a device with a dongle is a dangerous sociopath.

[–] madasi@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 day ago

If it's housed in its own case, it's a power brick.

This is a line lump, the alternative to the wall wart. Both were slang terms, it just sounds like only one of them stuck around.

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[–] 7eter@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

USB-Power-Supply

[–] whaleross@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

USB charger ("usb-laddare"), also when they are used as a permanent transformer.

[–] apftwb@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Charger block

[–] OfCourseNot@fedia.io 10 points 2 days ago

I call them '..a brick, a power brick.. a charger, no, the part you plug..'. Lmao, I carry one of these, whatever its cursed name is, with me literally everywhere I go so I don't have to ask for the thing. I feel you sib.

See also: portable USB memory.

Edit: unless you need another thing! A power bank? 'This?' Taking out a brick. A usb-c cable? 'What?' Phone charger? 'This?' No, the cable.. thanks.. sorry this is usb-a I'm gonna need the brick as well.. 'the what?' Smh.

[–] SethranKada@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago
[–] Wispy2891@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
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[–] grasshopper_mouse@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Charging block/brick

Inkompatibel

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 days ago

Charging Blocks

Wall wart or power brick.

[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My family calls them charging doots

Edit: or also sometimes “wall-to-usb adapters”

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 days ago
[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Charger block

[–] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 2 points 1 day ago

The thing that goes into the plug but without the wire

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Charging brick. Or, if an unmarked generic brand like the ones you've shown, Fire Hazard.

[–] TheMinions@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)
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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

"Wall Warts"

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