hoodoo (something that brings bad luck)
1hoodoo — I. noun (plural hoodoos) Etymology: perhaps alteration of voodoo Date: 1875 1. a body of practices of sympathetic magic traditional especially among blacks in the southern United States 2. a natural column of rock in western North America often… …
2hoodoo — one who practices voodoo, 1870, Amer.Eng., probably an alteration of VOODOO (Cf. voodoo). Meaning something that causes or brings bad luck is attested from 1880 …
3Jinx — A jinx, in popular superstition and folklore, is: * A sort of curse placed on a person that makes them prey to large numbers of minor misfortunes and other forms of bad luck; * A person afflicted with a similar curse, who, while not directly… …
