To: higgmeister
What does that mean, please? Is it a new slang word or acronym?
13 posted on
05/21/2023 10:37:20 AM PDT by
frank ballenger
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To: frank ballenger
A very old one.
When two people give the same (or almost the same) response at the same time, one or the other says "jinks" they then hook fingers and have to remain silent until someone speaks to them or they will have bad luck.
Last time I played that Nixon was president. Or maybe it was Carter. Or Ford. Some time in the seventies anyway.
17 posted on
05/21/2023 10:50:48 AM PDT by
Harmless Teddy Bear
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To: frank ballenger
verb
3rd person present: jinks
change direction suddenly and nimbly, as when dodging a pursuer.
“she was too quick for him and jinked away every time”
noun
plural noun: jinks
a sudden quick change of direction.
20 posted on
05/21/2023 11:07:17 AM PDT by
deport
To: frank ballenger
Didn't you as a kid have the thing where two people said the same thing at the same time the first one to yell "jinks" takes the hex off?
Jinx
31 posted on
05/22/2023 10:43:02 AM PDT by
higgmeister
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