JINX

[noun] [U] - bad luck, or a person or thing that is believed to bring bad luckThere's a jinx on this computer - it's gone wrong three times this morning!"Someone must have put a jinx on the team," said the coach, "because four of my players are injured and won't be able to play in the final."He's sure the new play will be a great success and will break the jinx which has caused every new production in the theatre to be a disaster.