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Jinx 1. The symbol of bad luck. 2. Any person or thing superstitiously believed to attract bad luck. Sat Oct 14 2000 at 2:08:27 In grade school, whenever two people would say something at the same time, the first person of the two to call Jinx won. The loser would then not be able to talk for either the rest of the day or until someone said his/her name three times. There were many variations to this game: ten times Fri Dec 01 2000 at 12:36:26 Known Spacescience fiction stories. Niven never actually sets a story on Jinx, but he gives us a physical description several times.
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