A fork of Rural Dictionary
In agreement with the first poster to this term, bricking is commonly used in the electronics industry by software developers when updating a piece of hardware with a software update that renders the hardware useless after the update.
Examples of bricking: I just updated the set top box and I bricked it. I just got my itouch/iphone can't wait to jailbreak it. (a few hours later) "Oh Sh*t I just bricked it!"
a pound or kilogram of any drug (item requires clarification from speaker as to the amount intended)
I get my dope straight off a brick. (implying said substance is pure, clean, and untampered with)
To render your computer useless, as useless as a brick. Usually the result of tampering with the insides and doing irreversible damage. Bricking your hardware leaves you with a new paperweight. Can be the end effect of a faulty flash or firmware update, a modification (mod) gone bad or being struck by lighting, to name a few.
He managed to get his new iMac bricked while trying to boot WinXP on it. I tried to change graphics cards while my computer was running but I only managed to get my machine bricked.
An extended period of time To wait for a long time
(Marty called Randolph) Marty: Yo I haven't seen you in a brick, wanna chill? Randolph: Yeah sure. "Yo man this uber is taking a brick to get here"
Derived from "On the bricktop"~ Prison slang for back on the street, or more accurately in this case, the sidewalk.
This has been a long bid. I can't wait until I EOS, and get back on the brick.
The one and only Brick City, New Jersey.
"I love 'The Bricks'."