Broken Xbox Equals “Brick”?
Ah the love and hate relationship of me and my Xbox. Half the time I despair about it and half of the time I want to take my broken Xbox and shoot it out of cannon. Now we all know that the Xbox kicks butt and we also know it has a lot of problems. Although these problems are common knowledge to all, I came across a new term that kind of made me laugh that describes my broken Xbox, the term “brick”.
Now I have called my broken Xbox many things but never a brick. I guess it is a common term to describe any electronic equipment that is broken to the point that it is useless (except for as a brick). I remember we used to call the giant cell phones bricks because they were heavy and the size of an actual brick, so that term is familiar to me but in a new context.
With all that being said, “brick” has now become a term of endearment for me. So when my wife asks why I am upset, I can tell her that I bricked my Xbox because I played it too long or there was a software problem. I really do love my part-time broken Xbox, but I think the fact that it has now become part of American slang is hilarious.
Now I want to know is there a term for a fixed Xbox? Do we call it Frankenstein because it is alive? OK, that might be a stretch, but hopefully there will be a term in common usage for machines that you love, that like to break, but are now fixed. Until then I will continue to love and hate my Xbox.
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