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

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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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      When I was in college, we called these wall warts.

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      • S [email protected]

        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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        Plug adapter - UK

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          Okay, but also:

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          Top 2 are plug adapters (and probably power adapters too. I would call the bottom 3 power bricks, I guess the defining thing is bricks have a permanent cable.

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          • S [email protected]

            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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            Germany: Ladegerät
            Translated: Charging device

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            • synapse1278@lemmy.worldS [email protected]

              Charger or Chargeur

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              Can I have a Le Chargeur, please 🙂

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              • S [email protected]

                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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                Stromziegel

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                • S [email protected]

                  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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                  Charger block/brick. I'm definitrly siding with you; "dongle" is a bit of a stretch for these.

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                  • S [email protected]

                    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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                    USB charger or adapter

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                    • S [email protected]

                      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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                      USB chargers.

                      "Dongles" are wire to wire USB adapters for computers. Sound "cards", Ethernet adapters, video adapters.

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                      • S [email protected]

                        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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                        AC/DC-inator

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                        "no not an iPhone charger, I need USB C"

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                        • S [email protected]

                          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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                          My favorite has always been "wall wart"

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                          • S [email protected]

                            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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                            Charge block.

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                            • S [email protected]

                              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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                              Garbage.

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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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                                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.

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                                • appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.comA [email protected]

                                  Can I have a Le Chargeur, please 🙂

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                                  I'm reading this comment with a French accent 😅

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                                  • S [email protected]

                                    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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                                    Chakra, Charging brick, power adapter

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                                    • tonytonychopper@mander.xyzT [email protected]

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                                      "no not an iPhone charger, I need USB C"

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                                      Last one doesn’t make sense any more, iPhones have been usb-c for a couple years now.

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                                      • S [email protected]

                                        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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                                        I think I'd call them "bad USB chargers"

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                                        • tonytonychopper@mander.xyzT [email protected]

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                                          "no not an iPhone charger, I need USB C"

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                                          "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."

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