Heard on ESPN

[Victor Steinbok]

Smith appears to try to elevate a fairly vulgar phrase to the level of
praise. He also adds "chiseled", which makes for a mixed metaphor.
Twitterverse is fairly sensitive to Smith's verbiage. It's not the first
time his descriptive flourishes are being mocked.

     VS-)

On 6/22/2012 9:33 PM, Wilson Gray wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 22, 2012 at 1:22 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> "... built like a chiseled brickhouse". That, of course, of Lebron James... The > comment has already caused a round of mockery on Twitter.
> What's the basis of the mockery? Memories of the old disco hit:
>
> "[_She's_ a] *Brick House*"?
>
> --
> -Wilson

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