My kids and their friends say:
Chips !
then, if that was simultaneous again:
Double chips !
…
Triple chips !
and so on until one wins.
When more than two people say the same thing at the same time, one might also say:
Chips personnel !
to win the “contest”.
The loser has to stay mute until his/her first name is pronounced by anyone.
Here is a reference: https://warriors-en-savates.skyrock.com/1309936278-La-Loi-du-Chips.html
A “micro-poll” shows that this expression is known by young people between 11 and 20 years old in both Paris area and Brittany but mostly unknown by older people.
I don’t know if there is an “official” word for this situation.
But, your question reminds me, when i was a child, we used to say “Chips” simultaneously.
So, if our “Chips” was originally a distortion of your “Jinx”… This is very funny.
In my extended family, we say
Les grands esprits se rencontrent
(I’ve never heard of “chips” in the other responses.)
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