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
Clearly labeled power adapters
Usb wall charger
Fire starters
usb wall plugs.
I call those release the Epstein files
Charging brick.
Unless I’m describing it in a system, then it’s a full bridge rectifier :)
I usually call them “those, uh, usb thingies” while pantomiming plugging one into the wall
Phone Charger/Wall Charger
Power or charger boxes
“wall block”
Switchmode power supply.
I think I’d call them “bad USB chargers”
Charger block/brick. I’m definitrly siding with you; “dongle” is a bit of a stretch for these.
It’s not a stretch it’s wrong. It’s not a dongle at all
Gonna be honest my man I don’t care, if my fiancee asks if I have a dongle I know what she means, even if it’s wrong it would be silly to correct her and require she changes how she says it
Just asking for a dongle with no context is already kind of an issue. Unless this is the only thing she ever calls a dongle. It’s like saying can you give me a piece of cutlery. What kind??
Again, I do not care, that’s not something that matters in our relationship
AC/DC-inator
Full Bridge Rectifier
“no not an iPhone charger, I need USB C”
“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.”
Last one doesn’t make sense any more, iPhones have been usb-c for a couple years now.
My favorite has always been “wall wart”
