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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
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.
If the transformer is in the same housing at the plug with a separate cable (as shown): wall wart.
If the DC cable is attached, it's a charger.
If it's housed in its own case, it's a power brick.
If there's no transformer it's a power lead, unless it's rated for over 10A, then it's a power cable.
Dongles are peripherals that are housed in the same casing as the host connector. Anyone who thinks they can power a device with a dongle is a dangerous sociopath.
If it's housed in its own case, it's a power brick.
This is a line lump, the alternative to the wall wart. Both were slang terms, it just sounds like only one of them stuck around.
usb charger / usb wall plug / usb power adapter
drop the 'usb' when the context makes it obvious
Butts. Seriously. But no one ever knows what im asking for, so then I say "the cube, the brick, the chargey part...with a usb please"
I don't think I made it up, but literally no one else ever seems to call them that, so idk where I heard it.
"Charger" (lader) in general and more specific "block" (blokje)
I call them '..a brick, a power brick.. a charger, no, the part you plug..'. Lmao, I carry one of these, whatever its cursed name is, with me literally everywhere I go so I don't have to ask for the thing. I feel you sib.
See also: portable USB memory.
Edit: unless you need another thing! A power bank? 'This?' Taking out a brick. A usb-c cable? 'What?' Phone charger? 'This?' No, the cable.. thanks.. sorry this is usb-a I'm gonna need the brick as well.. 'the what?' Smh.
USB-Power-Supply
Wall Warts
Wall wart
USB charger ("usb-laddare"), also when they are used as a permanent transformer.
Charging block/brick
Charger block
Wall wart or power brick.
My family calls them charging doots
Edit: or also sometimes “wall-to-usb adapters”
Inkompatibel
Charging Blocks
Charger block
The thing that goes into the plug but without the wire
wall warts
"Wall Warts"
Garbage.
Charging brick. Or, if an unmarked generic brand like the ones you've shown, Fire Hazard.
Power biscuit
Charger.
Wall block USB wall block
Most of the time, we just call it block , I’ve never heard of wall wart. Today I learned…
I'd call them USB adapters; "chargers" is probably slightly more common though never sat right with me since they can be used to power things other than charging.
Or more in the past we would call any kind of power adapters "transformers" but don't seem to hear that much any more.
Everything you said was except for dongle. I absolutely would not accept that in my household.
Adapters for upgrading your home’s firmware.
Isn't it a mobile charger?
