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 brick, or power adapter.
I can’t think of a better term for these.
Okay, but also:
Simple. “USB Power Adapter”.
those are all power adapters. they’re just different ports to adapt. so bottom right is a dc power adapter, middle right is also a dc power adapter. top left is a global power adapter. top right is a power adapter with 2 usb a ports. bottom left is unknown since we don’t know what the other end is.
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.
GOT EM
This is a wall plugged charger with USB A -> please stop calling it dongle. I am sure we can at least agree, that dongle is factually wrong.
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.
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.
That’s totally fair, and I agree. People in my circles say power adapter or wall charger, or hell actually enough people also say HEY. I need a phone charger. Understood. 🤙🤙🤙
POWER ADAPTER
Mode: YF-W36-2U
Input: 100-240v~50/60Hz 0.35A
Output: 5V=2.4A Total
*Hey babe do we have any YF-W36-2U?"
“Sorry hon only 2E”
“Dammit”
I have a 2D
The D is for you babe…
“You’re still flat? I told you if you can’t get 3D, we’re done!”
I have a 2D
I think that pic was faked.
Wall voltage = 120V and Wavy.
Old USB = 5V and Not Wavy.
These adapt the two. They’re also known as power supplies. The bricks in laptop cables are also power supplies, they can just handle more power. Modern high speed USB just has a whole conversation with the plug where they agree on whether to use Not Wavy 5V, 9V, 15V, or 20V.
Wall wart
USB charger
wall warts
This is it, this is the one.
All of that minus dongles. Never dongles!
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
Exactly. Dongles dangle
I don’t believe that’s true either. A flash drive is a dongle isn’t it
no
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
Edit: I still don’t care and now I’m going to start saying it when talking to her because all of your discomfort gives me joy
If you both know what you mean, that’s all that matters because that’s the entire point of language in that context. I don’t think it’s giving anyone discomfort though.
Clearly labeled power adapters
Wall Warts.
Had to scroll a bit to get to the correct answer.
USB charger.
I refuse any moniker for these besides bricks
It’s only a brick if it’s separated from both the outlet and the device it’s powering by cables. Fight me.
🤔 you know I think you might be right. I’m going to continue calling it a brick it out of spite.
Spite is one hell of a motivator. Being hunted by hyenas is another. There’s probably others, too.
Isn’t that in itself a moniker?
bricks
I second bricks. If it matters I’m in the southern US
Interesting, for us bricks refers to the rechargable portable USB power devices they sell. I don’t even know how to describe them properly without calling them “bricks” or “power bricks”.
Power bank would be the term or battery brick/bank if you wanted to meld both terms.
I think “brick” started because laptop chargers used to have the adapter like an actual brick (most still do).
Since phones can get away with smaller power cables, the brick got stuck onto the regular power socket.
And since they use(d) less juice, the brick isn’t a brick anymore.
AFAIK batteries are power banks, but brick and bank sound alike so I guess it got lost in translation a bit.
How funny, I am in the south too.
Bricks, or brick for that lone loose one that pops up in mysterious places around the house. Seriously, who would ever just put it on the end of the banister?
