{"id":8055,"date":"2018-07-12T14:13:25","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T20:13:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/?p=8055"},"modified":"2019-05-15T10:28:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T16:28:10","slug":"jagger-jinx","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/jagger-jinx\/","title":{"rendered":"jagger jinx?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>is <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/things-mick-jagger-u2-learned\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>mick jagger<\/strong><\/a> bad luck? is that how young football fans unfamiliar with his music identify him&#8211;the guy who makes football teams lose at the world cup?<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"fr\">C\u2019mon England &#x1f3f4;&#xe0067;&#xe0062;&#xe0065;&#xe006e;&#xe0067;&#xe007f; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LeDnd4EAXa\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/LeDnd4EAXa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mick Jagger (@MickJagger) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MickJagger\/status\/1017105856587059216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">July 11, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>after england&#8217;s loss to croatia yesterday, <strong>the associated press<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/es.pn\/jagger-jinx-alive-well\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>jagger&#8230;<i>has been thought of<\/i> as a bit of a <i>jinx<\/i> <i>by and large<\/i> at world cup football stadiums.<\/h4>\n<p>in fact the headline of the article on <strong>espn.com<\/strong> reads<\/p>\n<h1>Mick Jagger <i>jinx<\/i> <i>alive and well<\/i> as England fall to Croatia at World Cup<\/h1>\n<p><strong><i>has been thought of<\/i><\/strong> is <strong><\/strong> <strong><\/strong>; it&#8217;s not mentioned who actually thinks jagger is a <i>jinx<\/i>. a <strong><i>jinx<\/i><\/strong> <i>attracts bad luck<\/i>. <strong><i>by and large<\/i><\/strong> means <i>principally, especially<\/i>. <strong><i><\/i><\/strong> means <i>still active <\/i><i><\/i><i> speculation to the contrary<\/i>.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/jinx-profile-pic.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8066\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/jinx-profile-pic.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"116\" height=\"115\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><i>jinx from <\/i><i><a href=\"http:\/\/riot.com\/jinx-l-o-l\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">league of legends<\/a><\/i><i> &#8220;lives to <\/i><i><\/i><i> without care for the consequences&#8221;<\/i><\/h5>\n<p>england&#8217;s loss has..<\/p>\n<h4><i>reinforced<\/i> the theory that began in South Africa in 2010.<\/h4>\n<p>where jagger watched the u.s. lose to ghana&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4><i>alongside<\/i> <i>former<\/i> president bill clinton, who had a <i>cameo<\/i> in the martin scorsese-directed rolling stones concert film &#8220;shine a light.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p>..and apparently caused england and brazil to be eliminated too by <i><strong><\/strong><\/i> (attending) to their games and cheering for them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><i>reinforce<\/i><\/strong> is <i>support<\/i>. <strong><i>alongside<\/i><\/strong> is <i>with<\/i>, <i>next to<\/i>. <i><strong><\/strong><\/i> is <i>ex<\/i>, <i>previous<\/i>. a <strong><i><\/i><\/strong> is <i>a brief appearance by an easily identified celebrity<\/i>. u can see <strong><\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><i>shine a light<\/i><\/strong> cameo .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8062\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/clinton-jagger-world-cup-2010-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"bill clinton &amp; mick jagger watching u.s. vs ghana at the 2010 world cup\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/clinton-jagger-world-cup-2010-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/clinton-jagger-world-cup-2010.jpg 594w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><i>jagger <\/i><u><i>alongside<\/i><\/u><i> <\/i><u><i>former<\/i><\/u><i> u.s. president bill clinton at south africa 2010 (pacificcoastnews.com)<\/i><\/h5>\n<p>more evidence of mick&#8217;s bad football <i><strong>mojo<\/strong><\/i> (energy) followed 4 years later<\/p>\n<h4>in 2014, jagger wrote some <i>encouraging<\/i> words on twitter <i>ahead of<\/i> england&#8217;s match against uruguay in the group stage in brazil&#8230;england lost.<\/h4>\n<p><i><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/encourage-def\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">encouraging<\/a><\/strong><\/i> is <i>motivational<\/i>. <strong><i>ahead of<\/i><\/strong> means <i>before<\/i>.<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mick-and-john-lennon.gif\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-8065\" src=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/mick-and-john-lennon.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/h5>\n<h5><i>it&#8217;s alright, mate. no bad luck here.<\/i><\/h5>\n<p>jagger also incorrectly predicted a win for italy against uruguay and portugal to win the tournament (they were knocked out during <a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/japan-senegal-uruguay-fans-pick-up-garbage-after-world-cup-matches\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">group stage<\/a>).<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">fun english practice <\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/richyrocks-youtube-subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-smiley\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-includes\/images\/smilies\/simple-smile.png?w=758\" alt=\":)\" width=\"21\" height=\"21\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<p>but it was&#8230;<\/p>\n<h4>the semifinals which essentially <i>cemented<\/i> jagger&#8217;s reputation as a <i>harbinger<\/i> of bad luck in brazil&#8230;.brazil lost, <i>big-time<\/i>, a 7-1 defeat to the <i>eventual<\/i> champions, [germany]<\/h4>\n<p><strong><i>cement<\/i><\/strong> as a verb means <i>establish<\/i>. <strong><i>harbinger<\/i><\/strong> is a <i>sign<\/i>. <strong><i>big time<\/i><\/strong> means <i>in a big way<\/i>. jagger was in attendance for that game as well, and his son, who is brazilian, was <strong><i><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/root-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rooting<\/a><\/i><\/strong> (cheering) for brazil.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-8064\" src=\"http:\/\/richyrocks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/david-luiz-vs-germany-2014-300x289.jpg\" alt=\"david luis on the pitch vs germany at the world cup in 2014\" width=\"300\" height=\"289\" srcset=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/david-luiz-vs-germany-2014-300x289.jpg 300w, https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/david-luiz-vs-germany-2014.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5><i>after brazil lost big-time to germany at the 2014 world cup, david luis <\/i><i><\/i><i> to the whole nation.<\/i><\/h5>\n<p>it got more ironic last year.<\/p>\n<h4>perhaps it was that <i>dire<\/i> history that <i>prompted<\/i> jagger to write [the song] &#8220;england lost,&#8221; &#8230; it starts with the <i>tale<\/i> of someone <i>ostensibly<\/i> going to watch england play a soccer match and finishes with some political commentary about britain&#8217;s exit from the european union. &#8220;i went to see england, but <i>england&#8217;s lost<\/i>,&#8221; jagger sings. &#8220;and everyone said we were all <i>ripped off<\/i>.&#8221;<\/h4>\n<p><i><strong>dire<\/strong><\/i> means <i>terrible<\/i>. <strong><i><\/i><\/strong> as a verb means <i>provoke<\/i>. <strong><i>tale<\/i><\/strong> is a <i>story<\/i>; like a <i>fairy tale<\/i>. <strong><i>ostensibly<\/i><\/strong> means <i><a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/seemingly-definition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seemingly<\/a><\/i><i> but maybe not really<\/i>. britain&#8217;s exit from the european union is often referred to as the <strong><i><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/wtf-is-a-brexit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">brexit<\/a><\/i><\/strong>. <strong><i>england&#8217;s lost<\/i><\/strong> indeed is saying the country is lost, not that england lost a football match. <strong><i><a href=\"https:\/\/richyrocks.com\/coolenglish\/artists-ripping-each-other-off\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ripped off<\/a><\/i><\/strong> means the english people <i>got a bad deal<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Mick Jagger - England Lost (Lyric Video) ft. 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