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the word two people say at once, weaponizing silence like adorable verbal handcuffs.
means A person, thing, or word believed to bring bad luck, or the act of cursing something with misfortune — often invoked playfully when two people speak in unison.
from Likely from 'jynx,' an older English name for the wryneck, a woodpecker relative once used in magic and spell-casting because of its eerie, writhing neck movements. That bird name traces back through Latin 'iynx' to Greek 'iynx,' the same word for the bird and for the charm it powered. The bewitching woodpecker faded; the curse it lent its name to stuck — and somewhere along the way American slang turned that ancient hex into the schoolyard game of speaking at once.
- origin
- From jynx, a woodpecker used in ancient love spells.
- baseball curse
- Players refuse to speak of a no-hitter mid-game.
- comic villain
- Featured across DC, Marvel, and the Teen Titans.
- the rule
- Speaking before unjinxed traps you in silence forever.
curse of the bambino — boston red sox went 86 years without winning the world series after trading babe ruth in 1920
madden curse — athletes featured on madden nfl cover frequently suffer injuries or poor performance the following season