It turns out Gooblin the liar does know what 'brick' means in relation to a phone/device

[DFS]

Aug 2010 on cola: "I can't understand why you have difficulty
understanding that if someone has the Kin and MS has killed it, where
are the new features in the future, the upgrades to whatever software it
was running and most importantly the lifeless brick with an expensive
contract that people signed up to."

Feb 2011 on his blog: "It is reported that certain models of Samsung WP7
phones are being bricked by the “update to prepare for a update”…update
(I hope you follow that!)"
(article is titled "Bricking it" - WP7 and its continuing tale of woe")

May 2011 on cola: "The words [lifeless brick] were used to convey the
fact that it [the KIN] no longer was being sold, nobody had bought it
and it garnered about as much interest in it as Flatfish in a Miss World
competition... the only person who seemed to have difficulty
understanding these concepts was you [DFS]."

Well well well well well...

So which is which, Gooblin? Is a bricked phone one that's not selling
well (Kin), or is a bricked phone dead (certain Samsung WP7 models)?

Rhetorical question: is every freakin' Linux "advocate" on the planet a
dirtbag liar?