[ SLANG ][ SNEAKER RESALE ][ COOK GROUPS ]
A sneaker release with such low resale demand that it becomes essentially unsellable at a profit, sitting in inventory as dead stock.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"Everyone knew that colorway was going to be a brick, nobody's paying resale on it."
LORE & ORIGIN
Standard resale-community term for dead stock, likening an unsellable pair to a literal brick, distinct from the verb 'brick flipping' that names the strategy built around this kind of item.
FIRST SEEN
2020
PEAK POPULARITY
2026 (Sneaker Resale)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
Related To:Brick FlippingCook
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+5 AURA
TREND STATUS
↑ HIGH RISING FAST · MODERATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ SLANG ][ SNEAKER RESALE ][ COOK GROUPS ]
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