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Civilization's oldest LEGO, baked from mud and ambition since the dawn of walls.
means Hardened blocks of clay or concrete used to build walls, houses, and the occasional metaphor for stupidity.
from From Middle Dutch bricke, a fragment or tile; English imported the word along with Flemish bricklayers in the 1400s.
Standard sizeSized to fit a human hand for centuries
Slang twistTo be cold as a brick, or just dumb
Tech termA bricked device is dead, unrepairable hardware
Great WallHeld together partly by sticky rice mortar