Trifecta

[bad_roo]

Trifecta

In American horse racing terminology, a trifecta is an exotic parimutuel bet in which the bettor must predict which horses will finish first, second, and third in exact order.

The term has been extended to the realm of politics, where it is used to describe a situation in which an executive of government appoints another elected official to a position and is also allowed to appoint his successor. This process can be chained together; in other words, the executive can appoint an elected official to a position, appoint another elected official to the other's previous position, and finally appoint anyone to the second official's position. The first permutation of this chain is called a "quadfecta".

The trifecta system is seen by many as a loophole in democracy, because it allows an executive to essentially override a choice by the voters. This is mitigated by the fact that the system requires the agreement of all parties involved. Executives have been able to get around this by making the position offered a very financially lucrative or long term one.

In FPS video games such as Counter-Strike, a trifecta can refer to a situation in which a single bullet kills three players.

A trifecta can also refer to any sequence of three (generally unfortunate) occurrences, drawing on the traditional belief that deaths (and presumably, disasters and other bad things) always come in groups of three.



So now you know what a trifecta is. Please stop using it as a collective noun for 'three of something'.

[hemas]

Oh, come on Roo... it's not like they do it on purpose... after all they miss spell tyres, colour and whatnot.. Besides trifecta sounds cool.

[Obstruction]

Yeah, fuck those trifexuals.

[Dirty Hoar]

So, there were these three girls rubbing my trifectate...

[skiing-in-jackson]

From Dictionary.com:

1 entry found for trifecta.

tri·fec·ta Audio pronunciation of "trifecta" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tr-fkt)
n.

A system of betting in which the bettor must pick the first three winners in the correct sequence. Also called triple.

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[Mofro261]

A trifecta can also refer to any sequence of three (generally unfortunate) occurrences

A sequence of 3 occurrences never happens.

But feeling like you may have experienced a trifecta is clearly Tri-je vu.

[iceman]

miss spell

Your English is better than my Netherlandian, but that's still funny.

[hemas]

miss spell

Your English is better than my Netherlandian, but that's still funny.

Too much D&D for me it seems.... And I don't speak a word of dutch (well OK, a few). And the irony is ever present.

[dbp]

First entry on urbandictionary.com...

1. Trifecta

Hooking up with a grandma, mom, and daughter all from the same bloodline on the same day. A near impossible manuever, especially when considering the legality of the daughter and the nauseatingly old grandma.

The Trifecta has happended only twice in recorded human history. Once by Baron Hans Fucksalot of Stockholm in 1893 and later by Emperor Fabulous Mastadonia in 1914. This latter Trifecta was committed on the family of Franz Ferdinand and is acknowledged to be the direct cause of the first World War.

[bad_roo]

From Dictionary.com:

1 entry found for trifecta.

tri·fec·ta Audio pronunciation of "trifecta" ( P ) Pronunciation Key (tr-fkt)
n.

A system of betting in which the bettor must pick the first three winners in the correct sequence. Also called triple.

This really makes me chuckle.

[steve]

Trifecta
(n) A really cool-sounding word, which happens to be prefixed with "tri".


Cool-sounding words rock! Misuse them to your heart's content - people will know what you mean!

[Tippster]

That's Tri-diculous.

[splat]

What's a sexfecta?

sounds like an std

[PassTheDutchie]

Trifecta=The consumption of a bratwurst, Polish sausage and a hotdog during the course of a ballgame at Wrigley Field.

[The AD]

So now you know what a trifecta is. Please stop using it as a collective noun for 'three of something'.

Yes. Henceforth please use "hat trick" to refer to three of something.

[Theodore]

Oh, come on Roo... it's not like they do it on purpose... after all they miss spell tyres, colour and whatnot.. Besides trifecta sounds cool.

We spell whatnot the same way...

Ohhhhhhhh!!! The diper dandy hit a trifecta babyyyyyy! OOOOOOhhhhhhh!

[Blurred]

Who the fuck uses "trifecta" playing CS?

On another note, I like to wheel my trifecta at the track.

[Steven S. Dallas]

Baron Hans Fucksalot of Stockholm

Not to be confused with his onanistic cousin, Fucks Hansalot.

[Tippster]

that's tri-tastic.

[Steven S. Dallas]

Anyone can do it. It's easy, if you tri.

[erica_z]

tri-pendous.

tri-mazing even.

[Steven S. Dallas]

Don't thank me. Thank our gracious hosts, Threeton Gravity Research.

[Yoda]

Deux or deux not, there is no Tri.......

[Viva]

I am not amused. Tri harder.

[Tippster]

It's "We," you tri-glodyte!