Brickbat

By Deane Barker •

Definition: an insult

This can also mean “a piece of a brick used as a weapon,” but that would seem to be a strange usage.

Why I Looked It Up

In The Shallows:

Ever since Flynn made his discovery, it has provided a ready-made brickbat to hurl at anyone who suggests that our intellectual powers may be on the wane…

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