Mar 6, 2019 · Bricked (informal): cause (a smartphone or other electronic device) to become completely unable to function, typically on a permanent basis. The absolute earliest google hit I was able to find …

Aug 3, 2014 · The bricked-up windows can be seen today in many existing buildings of the period to this day, particularly in London and Edinburgh, Scotland. "Throwing someone out of a window" is not an …

Jul 10, 2012 · I have a British friend, and we text each other sometimes. Yesterday she sent me a message with the expression "brikking it". Could someone explain it to me?

Aug 20, 2011 · Which is the correct usage: "rack my brain" or "wrack my brain"? Google turned up pages with conflicting recommendations. One argument is that to "rack a brain" comes ...

Apr 12, 2011 · From Strunk and White: To compare to is to point out or imply resemblances between objects regarded as essentially of a different order; To compare with is mainly to point out differences …

Aug 2, 2019 · Please don't say "You're becoming a real brick!" the phrase is "You are a brick". But old-fashioned as you say: some might think of "a brick in the wall" which is quite different.

Jun 22, 2021 · Also various statistical terms: regularized, parmaterized, normalzied, etc. If you want to comment on the dimensionality of regularity, that can elicit more colorful or poetic word choices. In …

Jun 10, 2014 · “More security issues crop up for UEFI” (headline for a post that begins: “About half the computers employing the Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) boot sequence are …

Solid term, but the definition is a little off - bricked implies a state of worthlessness due to an attempt to reconfigure or update a device, rather than its size or age. See your own linked wikipedia article.