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[–] frogloom@hexbear.net 93 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

brick is also used as an insult in drag, i.e. “she looks like a total brick. her makeup and outfit are obviously terrible.”

but they meant it as in brick like in basketball as to miss a shot, i.e “you totally bricked that shot, you scrub”

[–] MorelaakIsBack@hexbear.net 77 points 8 months ago (1 children)

to further explain: it specifically hails from street ball courts, often wedged between urban apartment buildings, which were often brick buildings. "bricking" is shooting a shot so wild as to miss the backboard completely and hit the brick building behind the court.

[–] culpritus@hexbear.net 20 points 8 months ago

I always thought it was because the shot was thrown like a brick, meaning with a poor arc to the basket. The ball can't make it through the hoop easily without a high arc on the shot.

[–] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 63 points 8 months ago (3 children)

Can people stop making up new words! My decrepit 30 something ass can't handle it anymore!

[–] casskaydee@hexbear.net 53 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Both of these usages of "brick" are more than 30 years old...

[–] Adkml@hexbear.net 27 points 8 months ago

I was going to say being 30 years old puts you about as squarely as you could be in the target demo for yelling "brick" at a bad basketball shot

[–] davel@hexbear.net 22 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

I’m way older than that and didn’t know either one. Is antisportsball male a gender?

[–] allthetimesivedied@hexbear.net 15 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Sinny rizz, cousin. If you don’t have the sauce to fly don’t buy your ticket on TripAdvisor, my gangster disciple.

[–] Great_Leader_Is_Dead@hexbear.net 7 points 8 months ago

And it will happen to you!

[–] TeddyKila@hexbear.net 14 points 8 months ago (2 children)
[–] TheGenderWitch@hexbear.net 13 points 8 months ago (1 children)

im going to start a motion banning all comments that contain those words

[–] Cummunism@hexbear.net 29 points 8 months ago (1 children)

HexBear, always teaching me stuff i definitely did not know. I thought it was a joke about mansplaining.

[–] gramathy@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

That’s what I thought too lol

Like, toxic masculinity resulting in gender affirmation

[–] LemonGrease@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I just learned I am a brick darn

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 8 points 8 months ago

it's okay, as long as you keep showing up to the court and keep practicing your free throws, you'll see improvement.