hoodoo vs jinx

hoodoo

noun
  • Supernatural bad luck, or something or someone believed to bring bad luck. 

  • A set of spiritual practices and traditions created and concealed from slave-owners by enslaved Africans in North America, based on traditional African beliefs. 

  • A tall thin spire of rock that protrudes from the bottom of arid basins and badlands. 

  • A practitioner of voodoo. 

verb
  • To jinx; to bring bad luck or misfortune to. 

jinx

noun
  • A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck. 

  • A hex; an evil spell. 

intj
  • Used after the same thing is said by two people simultaneously. 

verb
  • To cast a spell on. 

  • To bring bad luck to. 

  • To cause something to happen by mentioning it, usually sarcastically. 

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