bricked up

English

Etymology

• (slang sense) According to Know Your Meme, coined by American rapper Jack Harlow in a 2020 interview with Genius (see quotation).

This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. This is false, the term bricked up refered to blocking a enterance/exit to a building. It was later used to refer to being constipated.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

bricked up (comparative more bricked up, superlative most bricked up)

1. (Internet slang) Having an erection; hard.

   Synonym: erect

   Man, this dude got me bricked up.

   • 2020 February 11, “Jack Harlow "WHATS POPPIN" Official Lyrics & Meaning | Verified”, in YouTube‎^[1], posted by Genius, spoken by Jack Harlow:

     The female reindeer from the Rudolph claymation series? When I was in preschool, I used to be bricked up watching that shit.

   • 2021 February 5, @Ronnichu_, Twitter‎^[2]:

     Remember when we would see her on the screen and get bricked up instantly?!?? Hahaha we were some crazy kids!!!

   • 2022 October 18, @fuckedupfoods, Twitter‎^[3]:

     bell pepper (bricked up)

   • 2023 January 28, @ilov3spiderman, Twitter‎^[4]:

     if i was a guy I'd be bricked up 24/7

   • 2023 March 20, @WIFEMODER, Twitter‎^[5]:

     the guy at the tattoo place when i was getting my knuckle tats said i had tiny delicate fingers and i got bricked up

Verb

bricked up

1. simple past and past participle of brick up

Further reading

• “brick up”, “bricked up”, in Urban Dictionary, launched 1999.