POWER ADAPTER
Mode: YF-W36-2U
Input: 100-240v~50/60Hz 0.35A
Output: 5V=2.4A Total
this post was submitted on 08 Sep 2025
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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
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.
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Wall wart, but nobody knows what the fuck I’m talking about. “charger plug” is what those anround me expect to hear. So, that’s what I call them.
I also use "wall wart". I also don't know anyone else who calls them that.
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Power brick, power adapter, or USB charger are what come to mind for me.
I gotta say I disagree heavily with your fiancee on dongles. IMO dongles are adapters for data of some kind, not just power from the wall. But to each their own I guess.
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USB chargers
We call them Handyladegeräte, and I think that's beautiful
Had to check that out.
Handy = mobile phone
lade[n] = charge
geräte = devices
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Handy
https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Ladeger%C3%A4t
I sometimes also use Netzteil.
(Literally: Net thing. The net is the power grid)
Charger block/brick. I'm definitrly siding with you; "dongle" is a bit of a stretch for these.
I’m reading through the comments and pretty much I’ve heard them called all of them and I’ve called them most of them
Except a wall wart
USB power adapter
Fire hazards
As a european, with safer plugs, a fire hazard.
AC adapters
Brick or Charger
Clearly labeled power adapters
I think I'd call them "bad USB chargers"
AC/DC-inator
Full Bridge Rectifier
"no not an iPhone charger, I need USB C"
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My favorite has always been "wall wart"
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.
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I don't know, but now I'm calling them wall warts because this community corrupts us, lol.
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Charging block/brick
Phone Charger/Wall Charger
"Brick," or "charger brick." Sometimes "AC adapter."
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.
All of these work except "dongle". a dongle had a specific purpose in my day, some high end software wouldnt work without the dongle (a USB, serial or parallel device) plugged into the computer. Was an anti piracy device.
“Charging block”
Dongle? That implies connection to a host computer.
I call those release the Epstein files
Wall Warts
Wall wart
usb charger / usb wall plug / usb power adapter
drop the 'usb' when the context makes it obvious
Usually charger brick or just brick
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.
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Charging Blocks
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