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Jinx
A jinx (also jynx), in popular superstition and folklore, is a curse or the attribute of attracting bad or negative luck. Examples of "jinxing" in the 21st-century press include the suggestion a ship might be "jinxed". The connection was made with two cruise liners, the MS ''Queen Victoria'' and the '' Emerald Princess'', after misfortunes. In the 20th century, the Australian aircraft carrier HMAS ''Melbourne'' was sometimes said to be jinxed, having twice struck a friendly ship, with considerable loss of life. Etymology The ''Online Etymology Dictionary'' states that "jynx", meaning a charm or spell, was in usage in English as early as the 1690s. The same source states that "jinx", with that specific spelling, is first attested in American English in 1911. Jynx/jinx is traced to the 17th-century word ''jyng'', meaning "a spell", and ultimately to the Latin word ''iynx'', also spelled ''jynx'', as 'j' and 'i' are the same letter in Latin. The Latin ''iynx'' came from the Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Sangree
Allen Luther Sangree, also as Allan or Alan (c. 1878 – March 2, 1924) was an American sports writer and war journalist. Life Father: Milton H. Sangree, Mother: Jane E. Hudson. Born around 1878, most likely in the area of Harrisburg or Steelton, Pennsylvania. Attended Gettysburg College (class of 1892) Member of the Sigma Chi Theta fraternity On the staff of the ''New York Sun'' some time around 1896 With the ''New York World'' as a correspondent traveling to Africa reporting on the trouble between Great Britain and the South Africa Republic prior to the Boer war. He reported for ''Collier's'' during the Boer War as well as for ''Cosmopolitan'' Started writing as one of the featured baseball writers for the '' New York Evening World'' on March 11, 1905 Married Kate Bradley (1888–1952) on November 4, 1905 On October 2, 1908 Allen Sangree was asked by William McMutrie Speer (a member of the editorial staff of the ''New York World'') via the city editor Georg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMAS Melbourne (R21)
HMAS ''Melbourne'' (R21) was a Majestic-class aircraft carrier, ''Majestic''-class light aircraft carrier operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from 1955 until 1982, and was the third and final conventional aircraft carrier to serve in the RAN. ''Melbourne'' was the only Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth naval vessel to sink two friendly warships in peacetime ship collision, collisions. ''Melbourne'' was laid down for the Royal Navy as the lead ship of the ''Majestic'' class in April 1943, and was launched as HMS ''Majestic'' (R77) in February 1945. At the end of the Second World War, work on the ship was suspended until she was purchased by the RAN in 1947. At the time of purchase, it was decided to incorporate new aircraft carrier technologies into the design, making ''Melbourne'' the third ship to be constructed with an angled flight deck. Delays in construction and integrating the enhancements meant that the carrier was not commissioned until 1955. ''Melbou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Superstition
A superstition is any belief or practice considered by non-practitioners to be irrational or supernatural, attributed to fate or magic (supernatural), magic, perceived supernatural influence, or fear of that which is unknown. It is commonly applied to beliefs and practices surrounding luck, amulets, astrology, fortune telling, Spirit (animating force), spirits, and certain paranormal wikt: entity, entities, particularly the belief that future events can be foretold by specific unrelated prior events. The word ''superstition'' is also used to refer to a religion not practiced by the majority of a given society regardless of whether the prevailing religion contains alleged superstitions or to all religions by the antireligion, antireligious. Contemporary use Definitions of the term vary, but they commonly describe superstitions as irrational beliefs at odds with scientific knowledge of the world. Stuart Vyse proposes that a superstition's "presumed mechanism of action is inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball games, bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport, teams of nine players each, taking turns batting (baseball), batting and Fielding (baseball), fielding. The game occurs over the course of several Pitch (baseball), plays, with each play beginning when a player on the fielding team (baseball), fielding team, called the pitcher, throws a Baseball (ball), ball that a player on the batting team (baseball), batting team, called the Batter (baseball), batter, tries to hit with a baseball bat, bat. The objective of the offensive team (batting team) is to hit the ball into the field of play, away from the other team's players, allowing its players to run the Base (baseball), bases, having them advance counter-clockwise around four bases to score what are called "Run (baseball), runs". The objective of the defensive team (referred to as the fielding team) is to prevent batters from becoming Base running, runners, and to prevent runners base running ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jinks (other)
Jinks may refer to: *Jinks (rapper), a Danish rapper, also known as Ankerstjerne *Jinks (surname), for people with this name *Jinks, Kentucky *Jinks Island, an island in the Biscoe Islands *Jinx (game), a game when 2 people say the same word unintentional *Jinx, a type of curse placed on a person, or a person afflicted with a similar curse *An alternative name for knucklebones *''Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines'', a 1975 opera by Jack Beeson *Jinks, an animated orange cat on ''Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks'', a regular segment of the television series ''The Huckleberry Hound Show'' *Steve Jinks, a character in the television series ''Warehouse 13'' See also *''Hi-Jinks'' * *Jinx (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hex (other)
Hex usually refers to: * A curse or supposed real and potentially supernaturally realized malicious wish * Hexadecimal, a base-16 number system often used in computer nomenclature Hex, HEX, or The Hex may also refer to: Magic * Hex sign, a barn decoration originating in Pennsylvania Dutch regions of the United States * Hex work, a Pennsylvania Dutch (German) folk magic system also known as pow-wow Engineering and technology * Hex key, a tool also known as a hex wrench or Allen wrench, used to drive fasteners * Hex key, a number sign (#) key on telephones (regional term used in Singapore and Malaysia) * High-energy X-rays, sometimes abbreviated "HEX-rays" * Hexcentric, an item of climbing protection equipment * Heat exchanger, a device for heat transfer * Hypersonic Flight Experiment, a planned mission of the Indian Space Research Organisation * Intel HEX, a computer file format * Uranium hexafluoride, a compound used in nuclear fuel refinement * Hex color, a six-digit, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curse (other)
A curse is a spell or incantation intended to harm. Curse(s) may also refer to: Film and television * ''Curses!'' (film), a 1925 film directed by Fatty Arbuckle * ''Curses!'' (TV series), a 2023 streaming television series * "Curse" (''The Secret Circle''), a 2012 TV episode * "Curses!" (''Brandy & Mr. Whiskers''), a 2006 TV episode * "Curses" (''Space Ghost Coast to Coast''), a 1998 TV episode Music * Curse (rapper) (born 1978), German rapper Albums * ''Curse'' (Alien Sex Fiend album), 1990 * ''Curse'' (The Legendary Pink Dots album), 1983 * ''Curses'' (Future of the Left album), 2007 * ''Curses'', by Vanna, 2007 Songs * "Curse", by Cult of Luna from '' Eternal Kingdom'', 2008 * "Curse", by Imagine Dragons from ''Imagine Dragons'', 2009 * "Curse", by Jamie Drastik, featuring David Rush and Big Ali, 2010 * "Curse", by Architects from ''The Sky, the Earth & All Between'', 2024 * "Curses", by Bullet for My Valentine from ''Bullet for My Valentine'', 2004 * "A Curse", by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Curse Of The Bambino
The Curse of the Bambino was a superstitious Sports-related curses, sports curse in Major League Baseball (MLB) derived from the List of Major League Baseball franchise postseason droughts#Longest World Series championship droughts through history, 86-year championship drought of the Boston Red Sox between and . The superstition was named after Babe Ruth, colloquially known as "wikt:Special:Search/bambino, The Bambino", who played for the Red Sox until he was sold to the New York Yankees in 1920. While some fans took the curse seriously, most used the expression in a tongue-in-cheek manner. Prior to the drought, the Red Sox had been one of the most successful professional baseball franchises. They won five of the first fifteen World Series titles, including the 1903 World Series, first in 1903, more than any other MLB team at the time. During this period, Ruth was a contributor to the Red Sox's three championships in , , and . Following the sale of Ruth, however, the once lackl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christy Mathewson
Christopher Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six," "the Christian Gentleman," "Matty," and "the Gentleman's Hurler," was an American professional baseball pitcher who played 17 seasons in Major League Baseball for the History of the New York Giants (baseball), New York Giants. He stood tall and weighed . He was among the most dominant pitchers in baseball history, and ranks in the all-time top 10 in several key pitching categories, including List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders, wins, List of Major League Baseball career shutout leaders, shutouts, and List of Major League Baseball career ERA leaders, earned run average. In 1936, Mathewson was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Baseball Hall of Fame as one of its 1936 Baseball Hall of Fame balloting, first five members. Mathewson grew up in Factoryville, Pennsylvania, and began playing semiprofessional baseball when he was 14 years old. He played in the minor l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Internet Archive
The Internet Archive is an American 501(c)(3) organization, non-profit organization founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org. It provides free access to collections of digitized media including websites, Application software, software applications, music, audiovisual, and print materials. The Archive also advocates a Information wants to be free, free and open Internet. Its mission is committing to provide "universal access to all knowledge". The Internet Archive allows the public to upload and download digital material to its data cluster, but the bulk of its data is collected automatically by its web crawlers, which work to preserve as much of the public web as possible. Its web archiving, web archive, the Wayback Machine, contains hundreds of billions of web captures. The Archive also oversees numerous Internet Archive#Book collections, book digitization projects, collectively one of the world's largest book digitization efforts. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barry Popik
Barry Popik (born August 6th, 1961) is an American etymologist. Popik is a consulting editor of the ''Oxford Encyclopedia of Food and Drink in America'' and was described in ''The Wall Street Journal'' as "the restless genius of American etymology". Early life and education Popik was born and raised in Rockland County, New York, in 1961, to Silvia Stahl and Sidney Popik. He was educated at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New York, graduating with a B.S. in economics in 1982 and a B.S. in management in 1982. He received a J.D. from Touro Law School in Huntington, New York, in 1985. Career Popik is a freelance contributor-consultant to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', ''Dictionary of American Regional English'', ''Historical Dictionary of American Slang'' and ''The Yale Book of Quotations''. Popik contributed his independent research to the 2011 edition of Professor Gerald Cohen's original 1991 monograph on the etymology of " Big Apple" — that it was first popula ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Dialect Society
The American Dialect Society (ADS), founded in 1889, is a learned society "dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it." The Society publishes the academic journal '' American Speech''. Since its foundation, dialectologists in English-speaking North America have affiliated themselves with the American Dialect Society, an association which in its first constitution defined its objective as "the investigation of the spoken English of the United States and Canada" (Constitution, 1890). Over the years, its objective has remained essentially the same, only expanded to encompass "the English language in North America, together with other languages or dialects of other languages influencing it or influenced by it" (Fundamentals, 1991). History The organization was founded as part of an effort to create a comprehensive American dialect dictionary, a near century-long undertakin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
