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A jinx can be initiated when at least two people say any same word or phrase at the same time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rapoport |first=Judith |title=Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents |year=1989 |publisher=Amer Psychiatric Pub Incorporated |isbn=0880482826 |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QRtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jinx%22+children's+game&dq=%22Jinx%22+children's+game&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j4PfUYvzCZCg4AP7wIHYDg&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAjha}}</ref> One of them then calls "jinx" on the other. |
A jinx can be initiated when at least two people say any same word or phrase at the same time.<ref>{{cite book |last=Rapoport |first=Judith |title=Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents |year=1989 |publisher=Amer Psychiatric Pub Incorporated |isbn=0880482826 |page=292 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-QRtAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Jinx%22+children's+game&dq=%22Jinx%22+children's+game&hl=en&sa=X&ei=j4PfUYvzCZCg4AP7wIHYDg&ved=0CD4Q6AEwAjha}}</ref> One of them then calls "jinx" on the other. |
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The game ends when someone speaks the jinxee's name, or the jinxee speaks. In the latter case, the jinxee loses the game, and often a penalty is exacted, typically a punch on the arm.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Leonard |first1=Henrietta L. |last2=Goldberger |first2=Erica A. |last3=Rapoport |first3=Judith L. |last4=Cheslow |first4=Deborah L. |last5=Swedo |first5=Susan E. |title=Childhood Rituals: Normal Development or Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |year=1990 |volume=29 |issue=1 |page=18 |doi=10.1097/00004583-199001000-00004}}</ref> |
The game ends when someone speaks the jinxee's name, or the jinxee speaks. In the latter case, the jinxee loses the game, and often a penalty is exacted, typically a punch on the arm.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Leonard |first1=Henrietta L. |last2=Goldberger |first2=Erica A. |last3=Rapoport |first3=Judith L. |last4=Cheslow |first4=Deborah L. |last5=Swedo |first5=Susan E. |title=Childhood Rituals: Normal Development or Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms? |journal=Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry |year=1990 |volume=29 |issue=1 |page=18 |doi=10.1097/00004583-199001000-00004}}</ref> In some countries, such as the [[United Arab Emirates|UAE]], the jinxer has to "unjinx" the jinxee by saying his (the jinxee's) name three times. |
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==Penalties== |
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Common penalties for losing or violating a jinx are a pinch, owing a soda, a poke, a punch in the arm, or simply nothing. |
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An alternate penalty is that the loser owes the winner (that is, the person who called jinx){{clarification needed|date=January 2015}} "a [[Coca-Cola|Coke]]". Victory is often announced when the jinxed person speaks out of turn and the winner yells enthusiastically, "Pinch, poke, you owe me a Coke!" Another common saying is "Jinx you owe me a soda!" |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
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Jinx is children's game with varying rules and penalties that occurs when two people unintentionally speak the same word or phrase simultaneously.[1][2]
Rules
A jinx can be initiated when at least two people say any same word or phrase at the same time.[3] One of them then calls "jinx" on the other.
The game ends when someone speaks the jinxee's name, or the jinxee speaks. In the latter case, the jinxee loses the game, and often a penalty is exacted, typically a punch on the arm.[4] In some countries, such as the UAE, the jinxer has to "unjinx" the jinxee by saying his (the jinxee's) name three times.
Penalties
Common penalties for losing or violating a jinx are a pinch, owing a soda, a poke, a punch in the arm, or simply nothing.
An alternate penalty is that the loser owes the winner (that is, the person who called jinx)[clarification needed] "a Coke". Victory is often announced when the jinxed person speaks out of turn and the winner yells enthusiastically, "Pinch, poke, you owe me a Coke!" Another common saying is "Jinx you owe me a soda!"
See also
References
- ^ Roud, Steve (2010). The Lore of the Playground: One Hundred Years of Children's Games, Rhymes & Traditions. Random House UK. p. 379. ISBN 1905211511.
- ^ Oremland, Jerome D. (1973). "The Jinx game: A ritualized expression of separation-individuation". The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child. 28: 419–431. Retrieved 12 July 2013.
- ^ Rapoport, Judith (1989). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder in Children and Adolescents. Amer Psychiatric Pub Incorporated. p. 292. ISBN 0880482826.
- ^ Leonard, Henrietta L.; Goldberger, Erica A.; Rapoport, Judith L.; Cheslow, Deborah L.; Swedo, Susan E. (1990). "Childhood Rituals: Normal Development or Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms?". Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. 29 (1): 18. doi:10.1097/00004583-199001000-00004.
External links
- Barrett, Grant (April 16, 2008). "Jinx and padiddle". The Star. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- McSpaden, Cheri (July 13, 2008). "Even Johnny Depp got jinxed". The Holland Sentinel. Retrieved July 12, 2013.
- December 17, 2006 comic strip from Big Nate in which the characters play a game of Jinx