A jinx, in popular superstition and folklore, is: A sort of curse placed on a person that makes them prey to large numbers of minor misfortunes and other forms of bad luck; A person afflicted with a similar curse, who, while not directly subject to a series of misfortunes, seems to attract them to anyone in his general area. An object or animal that brings bad luck. A common slang term used when two people say the same thing at the same time (said as a game amo