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What do you call these? (sh.itjust.works)

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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[-] tfm@europe.pub 2 points 4 weeks ago

Power dispenser

[-] ouRKaoS@lemmy.today 2 points 4 weeks ago

Wall charger or charger brick

[-] MrQuallzin@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

The charger/phone charger. Since it's the most used charger it's just the default if we're not specific

[-] Nemo@slrpnk.net 2 points 4 weeks ago
[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

Power bricks Plugs

[-] sbf@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Donebrach@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Wall charger

Landfill

[-] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 3 weeks ago

"Thingie"

Or in my language -- "Negocinho".

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

[-] CarrmynCarnage 1 points 3 weeks ago

Ah! A Chingadera!

[-] StrawberryPigtails@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

At one point we called them USB chargers. Nowadays, though, I just call them e-waste. Every thing I’ve bought for the last few years has been USB-C, and chargers for those usually come with a 10w type A port.

[-] Sacrifusion@reddthat.com 2 points 3 weeks ago

Power block

[-] trinsec@piefed.social 2 points 4 weeks ago

Standalone USB chargers. Or in Dutch I'd probably just call them USB -opladers.

[-] hex123456@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Marshmallow

[-] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 4 weeks ago

Germany: Ladegerät
Translated: Charging device

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[-] wabafee@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fire hazard

[-] DarkAri 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

A proper name would be an AC to DC adapter or a DC power supply.

[-] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

USB bricks or USB chargers

[-] VitabytesDev@feddit.nl 2 points 4 weeks ago

The thing that goes into the plug but without the wire

[-] GissaMittJobb@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 weeks ago
[-] apftwb@lemmy.world 2 points 4 weeks ago

Charger block

[-] BipolarSilence@lemmy.cafe 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Power or charger boxes

transformer (short for power transformer)

I think that's actually one of the official german words for it (Transformator - transformer), alongside Ladegerät - charging device, or Netzteil - grid part.

[-] brendansimms@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

uhhh 'do you have a charger butt?' or 'hey, you got a buttplug? [while holding up my phone and shaking it] '

[-] josefo@leminal.space 1 points 3 weeks ago

Cargador (Charger)

[-] Horsey@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Firestarter

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