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brick

A badly missed shot.

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Born ~1970 · 1 year of recorded use
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#1·Apr 26, 2026Global

A badly missed shot. The opposite of a swish. Shooters in slumps are "bricklaying."

"Bricked another open three."
Origin: Basketball slang from at least the 1970s.
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  • “Starmer's mandatory Digital ID — final brick in EU surveillance grid (eIDAS, digital euro, Chat Control). 2.9M Britons signed against. EFF filed six objections. What it means for diaspora workers in UK. https://newsgroup.site/?p=8084”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Do the UK a favour....please give Farage a (metaphorical) house brick to the (metaphorical) knackers on Thursday”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “BALTIMORE — The neat brick rowhouses of Eastern Avenue are home today to restaurants serving Mexican mojarra frita, Salvadorian tamal pizque, and almost any other Latin American dish imaginable.”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “AI enhanced? Who cares but what a fukn shit brick house!”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
  • “Daily Playoff Haikus May 5, 2026 Knicks 63 percent Philly defense never came But...only one game (Knicks 1-0) Wolves take opener Wemby brick pile up to roof Guess going seven. (Wolves 1-0) #NBASky”

    — Bluesky· May 2026
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#8·May 2, 2026Global

A power brick; an external power supply consisting of a small box with an integral male plug and an attached cord terminating in another plug.

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#10·May 2, 2026Global

A shot which misses, particularly one which bounces directly out of the basket because of a too-flat trajectory, as if the ball were a heavier object.

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#2·May 2, 2026Global

To make (an electronic device) non-functional and usually beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.

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#3·May 2, 2026Global

To make into bricks.

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#4·May 2, 2026Global

Such hardened mud, clay, etc. considered collectively, as a building material.

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#5·May 2, 2026Global

An electronic device, especially a heavy box-shaped one, that has become non-functional or obsolete.

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#6·May 2, 2026Global

A hardened rectangular block of mud, clay etc., used for building.

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#7·May 2, 2026Global

A community card (usually the turn or the river) which does not improve a player's hand.

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#9·May 2, 2026Global

To build, line or form with bricks.

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#11·May 2, 2026Global

The colour brick red.

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#12·May 2, 2026Global

A kilogram of cocaine.

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#13·May 2, 2026Global

Something shaped like a brick.

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#14·May 2, 2026Global

A helpful and reliable person.

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#15·May 2, 2026Global

A trans woman who does not pass.

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#16·May 2, 2026Global

A reel or short video.

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#17·May 2, 2026Global

To hit someone or something with a brick.

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#18·May 2, 2026Global

A card in a player's hand that is currently unplayable.

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#19·May 2, 2026Global

A carton of 500 rimfire cartridges, which forms the approximate size and shape of a brick.

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#20·May 2, 2026Global

To blunder; to screw up.

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#21·May 2, 2026Global

Of an electronic device, to become non-functional, especially in a way beyond repair, as a result of software or configuration issues.

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