brick shithouse

Powerfully muscular person

A brick shithouse is someone with an impressively solid, muscular physique—originally describing a powerfully built man, now often a curvaceous woman: She's built like a brick shithouse.

The phrase plays on the absurd sturdiness of building an outhouse from brick rather than wood.

Vulgar but usually complimentary.

physique

brawny

Physically powerful, well-muscled

swole · hulking · beefy · strapping · powerlifter · bodybuilder · strongman · musclebound · bulky · athletic

construction

sturdy

Solidly built, durable

tough · heavy-duty · reinforced · fortified · indestructible · unyielding · stable · strong · reliable · hardy

presence

imposing

Impressively grand in scale

striking · towering · powerful · domineering · authoritative · daunting · impressive · monumental · statuesque · looming

vulgarity

crude

Unpolished, raw state

  • slangInformal in-group vocabulary
  • coarseRough in texture
  • profaneIrreverent toward the sacred

vulgar · off-color · ribald · raunchy · expletive · obscene · indecent · colloquial · colorful · salty

Opposites
physical build/sturdiness

brick shithousescrawny

Unattractively thin and bony

skin and bones · beanpole · waif · stick figure · twig

physical impressiveness/presence

brick shithouseweakling

Feeble person

runt · shrimp · pip-squeak · lightweight · half-pint

Family

brick, bricks, bricked, bricking, brickwork, bricklayer, brickyard, shit, shits

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated R