The word hijinks is amazing for two reasons. Firstly because it has three dotted letters in a row (iji). Secondly, because there is no situation that cannot be descibed best by adding "hijinks ensue" onto the end. For instance: I post to the blog. Hijinks ensue!
According to the dictionary it is actually a contraction of "high jinks," which is slightly disappointing, because it means there's no wierd etymology behind it. In fact, there doesn't seem to be any known etymology on the word "jink." Which I guess is cool in its own way.
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