English for Today by Ganiu Abisoye Bamgbose (Dr GAB)
JINX or JINKS?
I’ll guess there’s a ~jinks~ on that car (nonstandard).
I’ll guess there’s a *jinx* on that car (standard).
You can call something or someone that is considered to be unlucky or to bring bad luck a jinx.
We got on all sorts of high ~jinx~ (nonstandard).
We got on all sorts of high *jinks* (standard).
Jinks means energetic and excited behaviour in which people do funny things or play tricks on someone.
GAB
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