jinx someone

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put a curse on someone

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Every culture has different superstitions. In the US, some people believe that if you break a mirror, you’ll have seven years of bad luck. Or if your palm itches, it means you’re going to find some money.

Other superstitious people believe in jinxing. They think you can give yourself bad luck or stop something good from happening to you just by talking about it too much.

Halle Berry doesn’t want to talk about how cute her 18-month-old daughter Nahla is, because she doesn’t want to jinx her. It could be too early to say whether or not Nahla will turn out to be pretty. But with Halle Berry’s genes, it seems unlikely that Nahla won’t grow up to be attractive, even if someone does jinx her.

Jinx comes from an ancient Greek word for a bird used in magic. A jinx is a kind of spell or curse. You can use it as a verb by saying someone jinxed you. When two people coincidentally say the same thing at the same time, they sometimes shout “Jinx!” The first one to say jinx gives the other one bad luck.

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“I don’t want to jinx it by saying this, but I think Jacob likes me.”

“My arch rival said she’d jinxed me so I would do terribly at my recital.”

“If you keep bragging about how well you’re going to do on the test, you might jinx yourself.”

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	bad luck :() by chomo
	i think it means casting a spell on something or someone or just saying bad things to him or her about his or her life and future by Temka
	Jinx somebody is a kind of curse that could bring him/her bad luck. by atypical_spanish
	jinx is to cast a bad spell or bring bad luck on someone. Ex. It rains everytime I wear white - it's a jinx! by periwinkle.chic
	to jinx someone means to give someone bad luck,to curse someone by fedorame
	jinx : will be not good things happen? we usually said this word! by crescent-
	It's like when you give bad luck to someone. by Philippe C
	jinx - don't bring her bad luck by nik_ms
	"jinx" means to put the evil eye on somebody, hex by _Sasha_

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