janky

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English

Etymology

From junky.

Pronunciation

Adjective

janky (comparative jankier, superlative jankiest)

  1. (slang) of poor quality, odd
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    Oh man, that's a janky setup.
  2. (computing, rare) Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.

See also

References

  • OED 2004
  • Dalzell and Victor, The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, →ISBN, p. 1252; earliest usage 1999.
  • Double-Tongued Dictionary
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