axis, jinx

Axis: term was coined by Benito Mussolini referring to the alliance between Italy and Nazi Germany (1936) （第二次大戦の）（日）独伊枢軸（国）




Hoffman kept in sight of Samuel L. Jackson, asking if Jackson was returning to New York. "No," he said, "I'm going to Morocco to do a film." Hoffman laughed. "I don't want to jinx it, but the only time I went to Morocco we made 'Ishtar'."



Op-Ed: Present at the CrashAfter stints at Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers, it is hard for a banker not to think he is a jinx.

jinx

(jĭngks) 


n.

1. A person or thing that is believed to bring bad luck.
2. A condition or period of bad luck that appears to have been caused by a specific person or thing.

tr.v., jinxed, jinx·ing, jinx·es.
To bring bad luck to.

[Possibly from jynx, wryneck (from its use in witchcraft), from Latin iynx, from Greek iunx, perhaps from iuzein, to call, cry.]

ax・is

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━━ n. （pl. axes） 回転軸, 軸; 座標軸; 枢軸; （the A-）; 【解】第二頚椎.