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brickor mortis

brickor mortis noun: a condition of the housing market in which very few houses are bought and sold.

Noun

brickor mortis (uncountable)

  1. (UK, informal, rare) A condition of the housing market in which very few houses are bought and sold.
    • I've certainly heard people complain of feeling "credit crunched", although I can't really imagine anyone using the term brickor mortis with a straight face.[2009 January 14, Hilary Osborne, “Empty of pocket, rich in diction: The credit crunched dictionary”, in The Guardian

Origin of brickor mortis

Blend of brick + rigor mortis.

Questions about brickor mortis

What does brickor mortis mean?
Brickor mortis means a condition of the housing market in which very few houses are bought and sold.
What part of speech is brickor mortis?
Brickor mortis is a noun.

Words near brickor mortis in the dictionary

  1. brickmould
  2. brickmoulds
  3. Bricknell
  4. Brickner
  5. Brickners
  6. brickor mortis
  7. brickpack
  8. brickpacks
  9. brickphone
  10. brickphones
  11. bricks

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