Comment by zoeysmithe

Brick is now slang for a lot of fail conditions that aren't classically 'bricked.' This has become really common I've noticed. Honestly, this ship has sailed and isn't even worth fighting anymore. Its like Xerox asking people to stop calling copies Xeroxes.

We just never bothered to develop a new term. Maybe 'soft-bricked?' 'Semi-bricked?' I would like journalists at least to start using more accurate terms, but 'bricked' I imagine gets a lot more engagement and ad impressions, so here we are.