Goldbrick in a sentence as a noun

They're even better than gold, because you can't live in a goldbrick, amirite? And who invests in gold, that's no way to make money any more, the 70s were a long time ago.

They have the system be as open as possible, and the carriers **** it up and goldbrick on updates. They start taking some of that control back for the greater good, and the free software crowd crucifies them.

Goldbrick in a sentence as a verb

I interpret this as they're making a goldbrick statement of support in favor of net neutrality with the hope that they won't face a backlash. I will never touch Hetzner so long as they act against net neutrality.

Goldbrick definitions

noun

a soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort

noun

an idle worthless person

See also: goof-off ne'er-do-well good-for-nothing no-account good-for-naught

noun

a brick-shaped block that looks like gold but is not

noun

anything that is supposed to be valuable but turns out to be worthless

verb

deprive of by deceit; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"

verb

avoid (one's assigned duties); "The derelict soldier shirked his duties"

See also: fiddle shirk