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Word: jinx (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Doesn't Boston know that the easiest way to jinx the Sox is to say the race is over before it's really over? The Fat Lady hasn't started singing...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Beware the Ghosts of Fenway | 9/23/1988 | See Source »

Boston, wait until it's over. Until the Red Sox head to Oakland. Then you can say whatever you want for five minutes only. Because the Sox don't need you to jinx their chances of going to the World Series...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Beware the Ghosts of Fenway | 9/23/1988 | See Source »

Sophomore Jinx: One reason why Columbia lost so badly to Harvard is that the Lions used too many sophomores. At least that's what Harvard Coach Joe Restic believes...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: The Football Notebook | 9/20/1988 | See Source »

...omen? An expectation? A jinx...

Author: By Jennifer M. Frey, | Title: The Soccer Notebook | 9/20/1988 | See Source »

...wrote that vociferous letter in response to Janet Maslin's article entitled "From Hits to Misses, But Why?" in which Maslin discusses the sophomore jinx that allegedly plagues successful rookie directors...

Author: By Aline Brosh, | Title: Spike's Dislike | 3/9/1988 | See Source »

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