Examples
“A lot of the entries were, well, kind of janky, but the cover above by the very talented Tom Muller definitely caught my eye.”
“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
“I think they're meant to look "janky", they're old school superheroes, from a simpler time.”
“But that URL is a bit …. "janky", so in my. htaccess file, I added at the top:”
“Here's Apple's official list of software that's not compatible with Snow Leopard ( "janky", via @ejacqui):”
“Korto's dress looks hot but the "janky" lace and other trimmings look blech.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
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“When we think of vending machines, we picture the slightly rusted, humming, and moody contraption that lived in our high-school snack bar, where the only option not sold out was some janky Sierra Mist.”
The Huffington Post: Standard Hotel Features Bathing Suit Vending Machines
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BarryGerharz 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." Apr 1, 2009
thewordnerd 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 27, 2008
jennarenn I didn't know that there was a level below skanky. Jul 25, 2007
stpeter Kind of a cross between junky and skanky. Jul 24, 2007