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  1. Etymology: "bricked" (to render an electronic device inoperable)

    6 mrt. 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 …

  2. Why does "defenestrate" mean "throw someone out a window" and not ...

    3 aug. 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 …

  3. idioms - What does the expression "brikking it" mean? - English ...

    10 jul. 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?

  4. Which is correct: "rack my brain" or "wrack my brain"?

    20 aug. 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 ...

  5. "Compared with" vs "Compared to"—which is used when?

    12 apr. 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 …

  6. Single word for 'spaced evenly' - English Language & Usage Stack …

    22 jun. 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 …

  7. word usage - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange

    2 aug. 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.

  8. Do native speakers ever use the expression "problems crop up"?

    10 jun. 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 vulnerable …

  9. single word requests - Derogatory term for electronic device - English ...

    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.