[Vocabulary] memory stick? pen drive?

[englishhobby]

What's the commonest word in English for the USB flash drive?

 

[emsr2d2]

I call it a "flash drive", "pen drive" or "USB stick". I really don't have a preference. I use all of them.

Note that while most dictionaries do carry the superlative "commonest", it's not often used (in BrE at least). We tend to use "most common".

 

[SoothingDave]

"Thumb drive" is what I normally use. Or "memory stick."

 

[Skrej]

I personally tend to use 'flash drive' most of the time, although I'll occasionally call them 'thumb drives'.