• Rivalarrival@lemmy.today
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        I mean, we aren’t using it in the literal sense here. Literally, a trifecta is when you correctly guess the first three finishers in a race, in the correct order.

        Now, if you had a propensity for blocking people who spoke about Elon, and you had a propensity for blocking people who spoke about reddit, and you had a propensity for blocking people who linked to paywalled articles, then you could colloquially say that OP “hit the trifecta”, and “won” a ban.

        Offhand, I can’t think of a specific word where two instigating factors invite a specific response. I’m sure there is one, but I am equally sure that word is not “trifecta”.

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            11 months ago

            The best colloquial term for that rant is probably “doubling down”.

            You are correct on one thing: I have not heard that phrase used in the manner in which you describe.

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                11 months ago

                so I suppose you could say i’m trifecting down.

                I suppose you could say that, but no, I could not.

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                  You could if you had faith in yourself. My momma always said “Jeff, you could do anything you want if you weren’t so damned stupid”. That’s why I never had faith in myself.