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Old 11-07-2014, 09:02 PM   #22
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Originally Posted by doctajones428 View Post
streak (strk)
n.
1. A line, mark, smear, or band differentiated by color or texture from its surroundings.
2. An inherent, often contrasting quality: "There was a streak of wildness in him" (Olga Carlisle).
3. A ray or flash of light: the first streaks of dawn; a streak of lightning.
4. Informal
a. A brief run or stretch, as of luck.
b. An unbroken series, as of wins or losses.
5. Mineralogy The color of the fine powder produced when a mineral is rubbed against a hard surface. Used as a distinguishing characteristic.
6. Botany Any of various viral diseases of plants characterized by the appearance of discolored stripes on the leaves or stems.
7. Microbiology A bacterial culture inoculated by drawing a bacteria-laden needle across the surface of a solid culture medium.

un·bro·ken (n-brkn)
adj.
1. Not tampered with; intact
3. Uninterrupted; continuous

se·ries (sîrz)
n. pl. series
1. A number of objects or events arranged or coming one after the other in succession.

Two losses is an unbroken series
Whereas my Oxford English Dictionary calls it a short stretch or run. There is a reason why they don't put a number on it. Because they know that to some people, it might be 3, 4, 10, 100. There is no right or wrong answer here, christ.
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