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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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[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 22 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

It's not a stretch it's wrong. It's not a dongle at all

[–] Bronzebeard@lemmy.zip 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 0 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I don't believe that's true either. A flash drive is a dongle isn't it

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works -5 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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

[–] Fogle@lemmy.ca 6 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

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??

[–] StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.works -3 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

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.