Omnibus vs Jinx - What's the difference?
omnibus | jinx |
(lb) A vehicle set up to carry many people (now usually called a bus).
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*:Athelstan Arundel walked home all the way, foaming and raging. No omnibus , cab, or conveyance ever built could contain a young man in such a rage. His mother lived at Pembridge Square, which is four good measured miles from Lincoln's Inn.
*1911',
*:"Please, is that an omnibus ?" / "Omnibus est," said the driver, without turning round.
*1959 , (Michael Flanders), (At the Drop of a Hat)
*:Omnibus , my friend Mr. Swann informs me, comes from the Latin omnibus , meaning to or for by with or from everybody, which is a very good description. Well, this song is about a bus, it's wittily subtitled—I thought of this—'A Transport of Delight'.
*1988 , (Rowan Atkinson) as Ebenezer Blackadder in "(w, Blackadder's Christmas Carol) ", written by (Richard Curtis) and (Ben Elton):
*:Baldrick, I want you to take this [money] and go out, and buy a turkey so large you'd think its mother had been rogered by an omnibus .
An anthology of previously released material linked together by theme or author, especially in book form.
A broadcast programme consisting of all of the episodes of a serial that have been shown in the previous week.
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(lb) A stamp issue, usually commemorative, that appears simultaneously in several countries as a joint issue.
Containing multiple items.
To combine (legislative bills, etc.) into a single package.
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A hex; an evil spell.
A person or thing supposed to bring bad luck.
To cast a spell on.
To bring bad luck to.
Used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously. Often, a game is played where the person who failed to say "jinx" first becomes "jinxed", whereby they cannot speak until someone says their name.
As nouns the difference between omnibus and jinx
is that omnibus is public bus while jinx is a hex; an evil spell.As a verb jinx is
to cast a spell on.As an interjection jinx is
used after the same response is said by two people simultaneously often, a game is played where the person who failed to say "jinx" first becomes "jinxed", whereby they cannot speak until someone says their name.omnibus
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(wikipedia omnibus)Derived terms
* busAdjective
(-)- The legislature enacted an omnibus appropriations bill.