Browsing page 1 of new words for March 8, 2003

adjective

• very cold. Usually only used to describe the temperature of a place, e.g. the weather or indoors in a particular location.

  It's brick outside today.

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  Last edited on Mar 23 1999. Submitted by Meeka B. from Harlem, NY, USA on Mar 23 1999.

noun

• an unintelligent person. Derived from "dumb as a brick."

  That kid is such a brick!

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  Last edited on May 15 2002. Submitted by tim g. from Duluth, MN, USA on May 15 2002.

• a basketball shot in which the ball bounces off the backboard and/or hits the rim, but does not go though the net.

  He keeps on hitting bricks.

  Brick!

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  Last edited on Jan 27 2003. Submitted by Fox from Queens, NY, USA on Jan 27 2003.

• a large quantity of drugs packaged in a brick shape, especially cocaine.

  I'm gonna buy some bricks tonight.

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  Last edited on Aug 04 2013. Submitted by Terry S. from Long Island City, NY, USA on Mar 08 2003.

• an external power transformer that provides power from a wall socket to a laptop, wireless router, projector, etc.
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  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• a piece of electronic equipment that has been rendered inoperable. This usually happens when trying to update the firmware or BIOS of the device, when "jail-breaking", installing new cell-phone ROMs, etc.

  I tried to run some program I got off the web to turn my phone into a wireless hotspot. Now it's a brick.

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  Last edited on Nov 04 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Aug 14 2009.

• a large cellphone.
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  Last edited on Sep 21 2009. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Sep 21 2009.

• a reliable person. British slang.

  You can always rely on Joe - he's such a brick.

  Last edited on Aug 04 2013. Submitted by Anonymous on Aug 04 2013.

• one hundred thousand U.S. Dollars in cash.

  It is going to cost me over a brick to afford this Lamborghini.

  Last edited on Feb 21 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 25 2017.

• Someone mentally ill

  The patient was described as a brick.

  Last edited on Mar 09 2021. Submitted by Anonymous on Mar 09 2021.

noun - uncountable

• a long period of time

  It's been a brick since I've been to a zoo.

  Last edited on Nov 21 2019. Submitted by Anonymous on Nov 21 2019.

verb - ambitransitive

• to bail, ditch, let down, not show up, or do something as promised/agreed to.

  Yeah, Annie planned the whole thing, but now she's bricking.

  Yo, looks like he's gonna brick on the party, but the rest of us are coming.

  Yeah, she planned the whole thing, but then she just bricked.

  Last edited on Feb 21 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Dec 23 2012.

verb - transitive

• to hit with bricks.

  James's car got bricked last night.

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  Last edited on Aug 04 2013. Submitted by Key on Mar 21 2006.

• to render a (usually portable) electronic device unusable - i.e. as useful as a brick.

  I bricked my iPhone trying to jailbreak it.

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  Last edited on Aug 04 2013. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Aug 03 2009.

noun - uncountable

• nonsense; "bullshit".

  Last edited on May 28 2013. Submitted by J. Harrington from TN, USA on Mar 08 2003.

• something that is not true; "bullshit".

  Last edited on Mar 08 2003. Submitted by J. Harrington from TN, USA on Mar 08 2003.

• bull semen.

  Last edited on Mar 28 2013. Submitted by J. Harrington from TN, USA on Mar 08 2003.

verb

• to break, originally from describing that the pieces came apart or "come from together."

  The pen come from together.

  Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Anonymous from Waltham, MA, USA on Mar 08 2003.

• become very upset, and reacted with clamor, as in came unglued or "come from together."

  She come from together when he insulted her.

  Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Anonymous from Waltham, MA, USA on Mar 08 2003.

notes

• This is an expression that was used in Western Kentucky in the late seventies, possibly earlier.

  Last edited on Sep 06 2010. Submitted by Anonymous from Waltham, MA, USA on Mar 08 2003.

• Used to indicate an extreme like for something.

  I got 100 on the test? COOLNESS!

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  • See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.

  Last edited on May 05 1999. Submitted by Kristin H. from Lockport, IL, USA on May 05 1999.

• Awesome; extremely cool.

  Person A: I got a new car!
  
  Person B: That's coolness, man!

  Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Anonymous from Crestview, FL, USA on Oct 10 2001.

• the quality of being cool.

  That's pure coolness, buddy.

  Last edited on May 13 2011. Submitted by Kristine from New York, NY, USA on Mar 08 2003.

noun

• acronym for "drop out loser". An older person that hangs out with younger kids (especially members of the opposite sex) and seems to be at the local high school and other high school oriented activities more than he/she should. A person who does not receive their diploma. Origins: Slovak Republic.

  The DOL problem is out of control.

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  Last edited on Jul 19 2011. Submitted by Chris P. from Plainfield, CT, USA on Mar 08 2003.

• adj. The quality of being visually offensive to such an extreme that no other existing word can be used to properly express it.

  The art in that video game was gehey.

  Last edited on Mar 08 2003. Submitted by Tim F. from York, PA, USA on Mar 08 2003.

verb

• to get something taken by force or without your consent.

  Oh, you just got your wallet musled by that thief.

  Last edited on May 14 2011. Submitted by jenny from St Pete Beach, FL, USA on Mar 08 2003.

verb

• to care. Used always to imply that one doesn't care.

  I don't give a flying fuck.

  Like I give a flying fuck.

  Last edited on Dec 16 2010. Submitted by jenny from St Pete Beach, FL, USA on Mar 08 2003.