phr. Southernism, used primarily as an exclamation of horror, shock, frustration, outrage, pain or some mix therein. It’s similar to shit a brick, but it’s more creative. It also happens to be one of my grandmothers favourite phrases. Most likely to be uttered if one of the following occurred:
1. Some moron pulled out in front of you on the road.
2. Someone did something extraordinarily stupid.
3. Something broke.
4. A piece is missing from whatever you are trying to assemble.
5. Someone ran into the sliding glass door again.
6. Someone left Legos on the floor.
7. The dog crapped in the house.
8. Your parents caught you sneaking back in at four in the morning.
Jeff: "Shit a gold brick! I shot my self in the foot again!
Jack: "That makes time number three this week, dumbass."
A woman or man who fakes romance for financial gain; someone looking to collect gold bricks from people who are willing to pay for their company. Someone who selfishly misleads and seduces others for easy money and or stuff. Basically, gold brickers sell lies, and make fools of the people they mislead. Someone who saves the money they get from seduction and gold digging to make bricks out of it all. See also, gold digger, mooch, con artist, sociopath, psychopath, pathological liar, Lothario, kept woman or kept man.
"Tommy has been dating that gold bricker for three months, and all she ever wants to do it spend his money at the shoe store and the nail salon."
A medium to large sized house, that is well kept yet vacant - having been bought by banks, house flippers or speculators for the sole sake of investment, like a gold brick, rather than being used to live in. One of the major reasons for the high prices of housing, and also the shortage of 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 housing.
Drove through this nice neighborhood, but noticed a lot of empty homes with no "for sale" signs. But later I found all those houses are half a million each, even though they aren't that big. Seem those empty homes are gold bricked houses.
Nickname given to bales of marijuana thrown overboard or out of airplanes. Origin is reportedly from members of the US Coast Guard in the area of Southern Florida.
"Base we've got some square groupers floating outside of Miami harbor."