Hat Trick
Noun · Slang & Abbreviations
Definitions
Three of the same notable thing happening in a row, often used humorously in bugs, outages, or successful fixes. In engineering slang, a hat trick can be impressive, alarming, or both depending on what repeated.
In plain English: Three notable similar events happening in a row.
Example: "The pager pulled a hat trick with three separate database alerts before dawn, each caused by a different part of the same migration."