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What do you call these?

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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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    Wall to big USB.

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      Exactly. Dongles dangle

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      I don't believe that's true either. A flash drive is a dongle isn't it

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      • B [email protected]

        Fire starters

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        Twisted fire starter!

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          usb wall plugs.

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          beat me to it.

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            In my house, we call them butt plugs.

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            Better get that ED money ready, honey, because that flared base ain't right.

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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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              Power block

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              • C [email protected]

                As it says on the device, power adapter. But if you wanted to be more specific, you could call it a USB power adapter.

                Wall charger should also get the message across.

                Take your fiancée to the hospital & check for stroke. Dongles...are something entirely different. Always.

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                Power Adapter is too broad.

                If someone asked me for one I wouldn't know what they wanted. It could be an international adapter, or a DC power supply, or one of these things.

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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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                  Charging block

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                  • jackbydev@programming.devJ [email protected]

                    Power bricks or USB bricks. A dongle is an adapter, so it has some sort of thing on each side (besides a power plug lol).

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                    are they called dongles because they dangle?

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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 A/C adapter, or just "ac adapter".

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                      • P [email protected]

                        Wall warts

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                        I honestly hate this term, but alas, I also say wall wart most of the time.

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                          are they called dongles because they dangle?

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                          I guess so!

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

                            I'd usually only call something 'Netzteil' in the context of computers and not devices primarily used with batteries in mind

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                            Interesting! For me anything that goes into the socket (Stromnetz) is a Netzteil 😁.

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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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                              Chargie boys.

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                              • S [email protected]

                                Interesting! For me anything that goes into the socket (Stromnetz) is a Netzteil 😁.

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                                Honestly it's a 50:50 for me.
                                But if I'd have to decide it's like that

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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

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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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                                    In England, we call those argy-bargy-cable-chargies.

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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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                                      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!

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                                      • vinesnfluff@pawb.socialV [email protected]

                                        "Thingie"

                                        Or in my language -- "Negocinho".

                                        A Negocinho and a Cabo ("a thingie and a cable") make a phone charger ("carregador de celular")

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                                        Ah! A Chingadera!

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

                                          Can I have a Le Chargeur, please 🙂

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                                          Hmmm... Quel est votre pourcentage?

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