brickwit
British slang for a fool or a person of notably poor intelligence — someone whose wit is as thick and unyielding as a brick.
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British slang for a fool or a person of notably poor intelligence — someone whose wit is as thick and unyielding as a brick. The compound plays on 'brick' as a byword for denseness and 'wit' as intelligence, creating a blunt insult that implies the person's mental capacity is about as nimble as masonry. It's a fairly uncommon term, but its construction is immediately clear to anyone familiar with British insult vocabulary, slotting neatly alongside 'thickhead,' 'numpty,' or 'plonker.'
I told him three times which platform to use and he still got on the wrong train — absolute brickwit.
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(UK, slang, rare) A fool; an idiot.
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