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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All of that minus dongles. Never dongles!
USB chargers
50% of the time I would be handed a cable. Who knows what’s on the other end of it.
Charging brick. I don’t think I’ve ever heard them called anything else besides a charger.
bricks
I second bricks. If it matters I’m in the southern US
Interesting, for us bricks refers to the rechargable portable USB power devices they sell. I don’t even know how to describe them properly without calling them “bricks” or “power bricks”.
I think “brick” started because laptop chargers used to have the adapter like an actual brick (most still do).
Since phones can get away with smaller power cables, the brick got stuck onto the regular power socket.
And since they use(d) less juice, the brick isn’t a brick anymore.
AFAIK batteries are power banks, but brick and bank sound alike so I guess it got lost in translation a bit.
Power bank would be the term or battery brick/bank if you wanted to meld both terms.
How funny, I am in the south too.
POWER ADAPTER
Mode: YF-W36-2U
Input: 100-240v~50/60Hz 0.35A
Output: 5V=2.4A Total
*Hey babe do we have any YF-W36-2U?"
“Sorry hon only 2E”
“Dammit”
Wall voltage = 120V and Wavy.
Old USB = 5V and Not Wavy.
These adapt the two. They’re also known as power supplies. The bricks in laptop cables are also power supplies, they can just handle more power. Modern high speed USB just has a whole conversation with the plug where they agree on whether to use Not Wavy 5V, 9V, 15V, or 20V.
I have a 2D
The D is for you babe…
“You’re still flat? I told you if you can’t get 3D, we’re done!”
Charging block/brick
Isn’t it a mobile charger?
USB wall adaptor
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dongle
I’m afraid dongle refers to something else.
But it is a funny word, though!
Not to be confused with yongle
I’ve been forced to start calling these wall dongles by my fiancé, I made sure that in order to accept this terminology that wall warts with the cord attached are now dingle-dongles, and the ones with a cord before the electronics are dangle-dongles.
Correct answer!
USB charger
Wall wart or charging brick.
Wall wart gang!
Charger.
Charger or Chargeur
Can I have a Le Chargeur, please :)
I’m reading this comment with a French accent 😅
Hmmm… Quel est votre pourcentage?
I assume the second one is pronounced, as sharrzheurr?
No, it’s simply pronounced 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓾𝓻 🥖
Nah, I’m only allowed to say that when it comes from the 𝓒𝓱𝓪𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓾𝓻 region.
Otherwise it’s just sparkling charger.
Wall Warts.
Had to scroll a bit to get to the correct answer.
As a european, with safer plugs, a fire hazard.
