Streaking is the act of running naked through a public area for publicity, as a prank, a dare, or a form of protest. Streaking is often associated with sporting events, but can occur in more secluded areas. Streakers are often pursued by sporting officials or the police.
The word has been used in its modern sense only since the 1960s. Before that, to streak in English since 1768 meant "to go quickly, to rush, to run at full speed", and was a re-spelling of streek: "to go quickly" (c.1380); this ...
Here’s what the “Streak with Steve” challenge makes me think of
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Still I don’t see how it is funny.
Sorry, I should have posted a link to the definition of the word for non-native speakers, my bad.
Streaking is the act of running naked through a public area for publicity, as a prank, a dare, or a form of protest. Streaking is often associated with sporting events, but can occur in more secluded areas. Streakers are often pursued by sporting officials or the police.
The word has been used in its modern sense only since the 1960s. Before that, to streak in English since 1768 meant "to go quickly, to rush, to run at full speed", and was a re-spelling of streek: "to go quickly" (c.1380); this ...
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I instantly thought of this when I saw it. Oh man, I still have some growing up to do.
kennyaa
September 30, 2019, 5:45am
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Yeah tbf when it popped up in my Youtube stream the first time I pictured this rather 90 days of LingQing.
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. Nothing against the movement or the name, LingQ team, but this made a few of us chuckle.