built like a brick shithouse

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built like a brick shithouse

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From the figurative extension of the idea that an outhouse is overbuilt if one builds it with bricks.

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  1. colloquial, idiomatic, not comparable, vulgar Of a man, having a muscular body, particularly with well-developed muscles of the chest, arms and abdominals. With a nickname that aptly translates to "Tree Stump" in Portugese,^([sic]) Palhares is built like a brick shit-house.

    Similar: built like a brick outhouse, built like a brick shipyard, able-bodied, athletic, Atlantean, beefy, beefed out, brawny, brolic, buff, built, built like a brick shithouse

  2. Canada, US, colloquial, idiomatic, not comparable, vulgar Of a woman, having an athletic or muscular body; often implying also having large breasts or an attractive body. Sonia is a hot young blonde who is built like a brick shithouse! She is stacked and well put together.
  3. colloquial, not comparable, vulgar (Of an object) Exceptionally well constructed; strong or tough; overbuilt or overengineered.

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@misc{built_like_a_brick_shithouse_2026,
  title = {built like a brick shithouse},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/built%20like%20a%20brick%20shithouse},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}