jank

Rjanag An item that is of poor quality, dilapidated, broken, etc. Also used to describe a situation, location, or activity that is useless, crappy, of suspect quality, etc.

"You're going to some bar? That place is so jank!"
"My computer is so jank, it freezes up all the time."
"The professors has no idea what he's talking about. That class is so jank." Jun 27, 2009

sionnach It goes without saying that I take huge umbrage at all the ridonkulous comments on this page. They're like, so totally jank.

*Packs umbrage neatly into umbrage-receptacle and exits foxily* Feb 25, 2009

sionnach The lank, rank, skank stank dankly on the pla-ank.

... by George she's got it, I think she's got it .... Jan 17, 2009

whichbe I'm offended by my own thankfulness of silence. Jan 17, 2009

dontcry Umbrage, umbrage, umbrage.

There. I've given some back since reesetee took it all.

Don't mention it. It goes without saying that you are thanking me. Jan 17, 2009

bilby I'm glad skank made it to this page. Jan 16, 2009

chained_bear What the heck could be wrong with gangplank? It is not the least bit jank.

Reesetee, dammit, I asked you not to hog all the umbrage! I'm taking umbrage that you took it all! *pouts* Jan 16, 2009

reesetee You can't. I already took all of it. Jan 16, 2009

sionnach Oh, now you're just being silly.
I take umbrage. Jan 16, 2009

reesetee And doink. That's a good one too. Jan 16, 2009

hernesheir I especially like boink. I love to say it. I love to hear it. Boink, boink, boink! Jan 16, 2009

reesetee Oh, but there are these fabulous -nk words:

pink
plink
pronk
think
bobolink
bonk
cufflink
distlefink
wink
redshank

Besides, I like fink and mountebank. :-) Jan 16, 2009

hernesheir Perhaps its the -nk. To wit:
junk
stunk
funk
drunk
clunk
fink
stink
Jan 16, 2009

sionnach rank
crank
dank
clank
mank
stank
prank
gank
hank
lank
jank
blank
brank
tank
sank
shank
pickthank
scrimshank
mountebank
gangplank
slank
spank
swank
skank
wank
yank

"So many nasty words end in 'ank'. Clearly, there must be some natural association between that sound and ugliness."

Discuss. Jan 16, 2009

chained_bear This page is so jank. In fact it's jank with umbrage.

*washes hands* Jan 16, 2009

reesetee I take umbrage at everyone's umbrage-taking.

*stuffs umbrage into an eco-smart cloth bag*

Dontcry: I find "retarded" just as offensive, but the "gay" part screamed at me first. Jan 16, 2009

chained_bear Sionnach, I take massive umbrage at that. Jan 16, 2009

sionnach Effendi! What a transparent effort to launch a marathon of phony umbrage taking, whichbe! Jan 16, 2009

whichbe I'm offended by my offendedness and my lack of offendedness, all of your individual offendednesses and lack of offendednesses, and also all of your collective offendednesses and the lack of offendednesses. Jan 16, 2009

Prolagus It goes without saying that I'm not offended. Jan 16, 2009

sionnach dontcry: I was going to make a comment objecting, but got distracted.
Prolagus: I think what you wanted to say is better expressed by "It goes without saying that I agree with you". Although "there's no need to say that I agree with you" technically means the same, it sounds unidiomatic somehow.

(Trying to pin down why this is the case, the best I can come up with is "It goes without saying that ..." is neutral while "there's no need to ...." often has an element of reproach and refers to something one's interlocutor has just said or done, e.g. "there's no need to be snide" or "there's no need to get so high-and-mighty". I dunno. Maybe I'm being overly picky. It goes without saying that I wouldn't want to offend you .... :-) ) Jan 16, 2009

dontcry I find it interesting that nobody took umbrage to the use of "retarded." Jan 16, 2009

Prolagus Well, there's no need to say that I agree with you. Jan 16, 2009

chained_bear Yeah. Using gay pejoratively is completely jank. Jan 15, 2009

reesetee Doesn't matter. To me, it's still offensive. Jan 15, 2009

Prolagus I guess it's gay in the usual UD slang. Jan 15, 2009

reesetee Excuse me--gay? Have a little sensitivity, pal. Jan 15, 2009

kbbwordie Stupid; gay; retarded; anything that is the opposite of cool. Jan 15, 2009

aujourdui wierd. maybe i'll randomly start saying it. Apr 19, 2008

skipvia A word my son uses to describe things that are worthless. From the Urban Dictionary: "broken; unnecessarily redundant, superfluous, or meaningless; stupid or ridiculously moronic; bootleg or of questionable quality."

Typical usage: "My teacher made us read the whole chapter. It was so jank." Feb 19, 2008