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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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[–] tfm@europe.pub 2 points 1 week ago

Power dispenser

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Wall charger

Landfill

[–] sbf@feddit.org 2 points 1 week ago
[–] Donebrach@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] VinesNFluff@pawb.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

"Thingie"

Or in my language -- "Negocinho".

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

Ah! A Chingadera!

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago
[–] Sacrifusion@reddthat.com 2 points 1 week ago

Power block

[–] hex123456@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Marshmallow

[–] Kazel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago
[–] nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago
[–] 9point6@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

"That thing to connect USB to the outlet"

[–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 week ago

Iphone charger

But off topic, but seemingly anything that can be used to charge an iphone of any era is iphone charger

[–] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Pixels (or did you mean the photo? If so I call it a photo).

Poopy diarrhea chargers

[–] 5in1k@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago

Phone pixie wrangler.

[–] Couldbealeotard@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

USB power supply

[–] Corn@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago

Wall to big USB.

"Charger" <- "Ładowarka" "Power adapter" <- "Zasilacz" (I am from Poland)

[–] billwashere@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)
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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 1 points 1 week ago

LEGOs older brother.

[–] BipolarSilence@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Power or charger boxes

[–] Star@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Up in the PNW we call em 'butts'

[–] Geodad@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago
[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 week ago

Latauspalikka

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