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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
At one point we called them USB chargers. Nowadays, though, I just call them e-waste. Every thing I’ve bought for the last few years has been USB-C, and chargers for those usually come with a 10w type A port.
Power bricks Plugs
USB wall-wart
Block. As in, "is there a charger in here? No goddamn it I have my own cord I just need the block"
The charger/phone charger. Since it's the most used charger it's just the default if we're not specific
The thing that goes into the plug but without the wire
Inkompatibel
Fire hazards?
Don't order them from AliExpress.
Charger block
USB charger ("usb-laddare"), also when they are used as a permanent transformer.
Germany: Ladegerät
Translated: Charging device
Germany: Netzteil 😁
Otherwise PSU
I'd usually only call something 'Netzteil' in the context of computers and not devices primarily used with batteries in mind
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When I'm speaking English, I think I call them USB-to-outlet-thingy. Otherwise it's almost, but not exactly a direct translation: USB-Stecker.
Butt candy.
Charger or phone charger
Block
Egg.
"Thingie"
Or in my language -- "Negocinho".
A Negocinho and a Cabo ("a thingie and a cable") make a phone charger ("carregador de celular")
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Charge box
Power block
Marshmallow
jimmie
Cable head
usb cocks
Fire hazard
A proper name would be an AC to DC adapter or a DC power supply.
Iphone charger
But off topic, but seemingly anything that can be used to charge an iphone of any era is iphone charger