The phrase “Don’t Jinx It” is most often used in a situation where someone proclaims that things are going well or that they think something good is about to happen to them. The superstition is that discussing your perceived good fortune will come across like you aren’t appreciating it, and thus you lose it.
One may also ask, how do you end jinx?
The game ends when the person who originally said “jinx” says the other person’s name or when the jinxed person speaks, losing the game. Know the consequences of the game. If the person who is jinxed speaks during the game, that person owes the person who did the jinxing a drink, usually a Coke.
Correspondingly, is jinx a girl name?
Jinx is a girl’s name of Latin origin.
What do you say when someone says jinx?
“Jinx” is also a term used when two people say the same thing at the same time and the person who says jinx first makes the other person not speak until somebody says his or her name. The only prevention for this state is to yell the word “buttercup” after the jinx. This can be countered by “Jinx no buttercups”.
What does jinx mean in texting?
What is jinx example?
Jinx definition
A person or thing believed to bring bad luck. To jinx is defined as to bring someone bad luck. An example of jinx is to tell someone that they won’t do well at a competition.
What’s the opposite of jinx?
Opposite of to bring bad luck to. benefit. disenchant. disgust. repel.