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Some bricks, such as the Erling brick, seem to have common nicknames in the LEGO building community. As the basic 2 x 4 brick appears to be the foundation of the system, it is reasonable to suppose that it would have such a nickname.

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Is this the case? If so, what is it called?

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    "The coolest toy on earth!" – Peter Cassetta Dec 02 '11 at 10:01
  • An Erling brick is actually a piece, or a component. Considering the first LEGO sets designed were based purely on bricks, we've adopted the usage of the word brick for use on other LEGO elements. Of all the LEGO 'bricks', the 2x4 seems to have the most resemblance with a typical brick used in constructing real life buildings. When people mention a LEGO brick, most people tend to imagine the 2x4 brick. – Ambo100 Dec 01 '11 at 17:59

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It's called a brick.

This may sound like a weird or mocking answer, but when you think about it, it does make sense.

The 2x4 brick the most iconic brick of them all, the one which has started it all. The one for which the first patent has been issued in 1958. The book "50 Years of the LEGO brick" contains 6 of them, and the number of permutation for these 6 bricks has been the classic question to illustrate how endless LEGO construction can be (even LEGO got the answer wrong at first, by the way).

It's the one they use on the cover of collector's guides, it's the one they make bigger.

Face it, it's the brick.

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I've seen it referred to as a "Rory" in brictionaries. I usually refer to it as just brick.

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