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The universe's rare acknowledgment that you exist, revoked without notice.
means An unexpected piece of good fortune that happens to you without any effort on your part.
from From 'stroke' meaning a sudden, decisive hit or blow — like a stroke of lightning or a stroke of a clock — a single instant that lands and changes things. By the 1600s-1700s, 'stroke' had extended to any sudden impactful event, and paired with 'luck' it captured fortune arriving the same way: not earned, not built up to, just one abrupt hit, good or bad, striking out of nowhere.
- origin
- from billiards and rowing, where one stroke changes everything
- paradox
- always described after the fact, never during
- cousin term
- fluke implies randomness, this implies you deserved it