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- adjective slang of poor
quality ,odd - adjective jargon, computing, rare Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.
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Examples
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A lot of the entries were, well, kind of janky, but the cover above by the very talented Tom Muller definitely caught my eye.
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Biz: First version was kind of janky but cute, but then we got clever.
Startup School: Ev Williams And Biz Stone Admit Even Twitter Thought Twitter Was Stupid At First Jason Kincaid 2005
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But that URL is a bit …. "janky", so in my. htaccess file, I added at the top:
CogDogBlog 2009
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Here's Apple's official list of software that's not compatible with Snow Leopard ( "janky", via @ejacqui):
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I think they're meant to look "janky", they're old school superheroes, from a simpler time.
Screen Rant 2009
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A little before 6 am we walked around the corner to the place where we vote-a Mexican restaurant with amazing chicken burritos and a kind of janky sign-and there was a line already, almost to the end of the block, waiting for the doors to open.
Damn Hell Ass Kings wendymcclure 2008
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Korto's dress looks hot but the "janky" lace and other trimmings look blech.
Socialite Life 2008
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A little before 6 am we walked around the corner to the place where we vote-a Mexican restaurant with amazing chicken burritos and a kind of janky sign-and there was a line already, almost to the end of the block, waiting for the doors to open.
Pound 2008
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While Obama proved herself even with a janky kids hoop, when it came to the women on The Today Show, who had larger adult-sized hoops, it was really disappointing.
Hooping.org | Blog | The Today Show Hula Hoop Challenge 2009
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It's hard to believe we couldn't get a HALO movie and they're thinking of masking oa movie of this janky-ass crap.
The Rock Screenwriters Adapting Time Travel Video Game Darkest of Days | /Film 2010
stpeter commented on the word janky
Kind of a cross between junky and skanky.
July 25, 2007
jennarenn commented on the word janky
I didn't know that there was a level below skanky.
July 25, 2007
thewordnerd commented on the word janky
C/o Urban Dictionary:
1.(adjective) inferior quality; held in low social regard; old and dilapidated; refers almost exclusively to inanimate material objects, not to people
We tried to pick up on these girls waiting for the bus, but I was driving my sister's janky 1989 geo metro so we just got clowned instead.
2. Poorly constructed or of poor quality
This janky shirt she gave me is falling apart.
3. adjective used to describe a person, place or thing which is questionable, fucked up, wrong, strange, broken down, undesirable, and/or just some thing you can't think of another word for. The origin of this work is explained somewhat in the conversation example. Friends and I were sitting around drinking coffee one morning, and I was bitching about my empty cup when my friend blamed the lack of coffee on the "janky ass coffee maker." I have since heard the word in the movie Friday.
Other forms: janked, janked up, janked out,
I was dancing with my friends and some janky old mutherfucker came up to me and started grabbin' my ass!
Michelle: yo, when's that coffee going to be ready?
Crystal: I don't know. This janky ass coffee maker takes forever.
He was a weirdo and made me feel all janked out, so I left.
I didn't get into Harvard. I don't know what I'm going to do now - it's totally janked up.
May 28, 2008
BarryGerharz commented on the word janky
janky is something broke-down, half-busted, cobbled-together, and counterintuitive yet functional.
"That car with the hefty bag taped on as a window is janky."
April 1, 2009
MaryW commented on the word janky
I heard this in an episode of "Fixer Upper" (Season 1, Episode 7</a>), and the context exactly matches the definition ("of poor quality, odd"). One of the clients used it for a house that was small and run down. She used it again when they walked in the backyard and found a garage that was also of poor quality and odd.
Neither my spouse nor I was familiar with this word.
January 17, 2016