chargercrypt
/ˈtʃɑːdʒəˌkrɪpt/nounVerified NewThe drawer of obsolete cables and power adapters kept against all evidence that their devices still exist.
Every household has one: proprietary connectors for phones recycled in 2014, kept on the logic that throwing one out guarantees needing it. Chargercrypt is physical hoarding in its most universal and least shameful form.
Etym. — *charger* + *crypt*; a burial chamber everyone secretly believes is a waiting room.
Rel. — rentedattic
Novelty check: NEW · checked 2026-11-08
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