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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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[–] CandleTiger@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

My family calls them charging doots

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

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Isn't it a mobile charger?

[–] Damage@feddit.it 4 points 2 months ago

USB charger

[–] CarrmynCarnage@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 2 months ago

The Dingus. Wall wart. And a whole number of colorful names if I step on one with the prongs up, or roll my ankle on one in the dark!

[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Adapters for upgrading your home’s firmware.

[–] rarsamx@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 months ago

USB charger.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Tangerine@scribe.disroot.org 4 points 2 months ago

Wall block USB wall block

Most of the time, we just call it block , I’ve never heard of wall wart. Today I learned…

[–] stinky@redlemmy.com 4 points 2 months ago

"wall block"

[–] FreedomAdvocate@lemmy.net.au 4 points 2 months ago
[–] hogmomma@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Everything you said was except for dongle. I absolutely would not accept that in my household.

[–] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago

Chakra, Charging brick, power adapter

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

USB bricks or USB chargers

[–] Zedd_Prophecy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

USB chargers

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 3 points 2 months ago

USB wall adaptor

[–] FarrellPerks@feddit.uk 3 points 2 months ago

Plug adapter - UK

[–] Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

In my house, we call them butt plugs.

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[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] RealSpiderLane@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I recently got odd looks for saying exactly this. I swear that’s what everyone where I live (Ohio, USA) USED to call them.

[–] jerkface@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wall warts are large transformer blocks that don't have an AC cable but rather have an integrated plug. Yes this is a transformer that plugs straight into the wall, but it's tiny. It's at most a wall pimple.

[–] kieron115@startrek.website 3 points 2 months ago

wall pimple it is then

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

Now that you make me think about it I think I've been calling them different names depending on what I intended to use them for, most of the time (I'm translating) I call them phone charger but I also called the power supply or usb power supply when I wanted to power something else.

Never thought about it.

[–] pineapplelover@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago
[–] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 months ago

Plugs?

It appears the manufacturers call them power adapters

[–] Leonixster@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Squares

The wonders of spanish

[–] Resol@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Charging brick, or power adapter.

I can't think of a better term for these.

[–] crystalmerchant@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Charger block

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 3 points 2 months ago
[–] grapefruittrouble@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago

cube or charging cube

[–] 7eter@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago

USB-Power-Supply

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