Jinx (children's game)
Jinx is a 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]
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
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