Word usage changes, but it's super frustrating when a very specific term gets stretched and stretched until it barely means anything anymore.

Bricked mean it's literally as useful as a brick - maybe it's recoverable via a JTAG interface or something similarly obscure, but it's otherwise dead. It doesn't mean "temporarily disabled until I make enough annoying phone calls".

Breaking: "Bricked" bricked

Keep in mind that unlike legacy modem-level carrier locks that merely disable the modem, Apple’s implementation won’t even allow you to proceed past the setup screen without satisfying the SIM lock system first. The phone is literally a brick without it.

Pretty much bricked for now for the author as he is oversea and there is no (easy) way to use it (at least for now).