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janky¹

  • /ˈd͡ʒæŋ.kiː/
  • [ˈd͡ʒæŋ.kʰɪi̯]
  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋ.ki/ Canada, US
  • [ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋ.kʰɪi̯] ~ /ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ŋ.ki/ Canada, US
  • [ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ŋ.kʰɪi̯] Canada, US

Rhymes with -æŋki

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From junky.

adjective jankier · jankiest

  1. informal, slang Of poor quality. It's barely holding together, it's so janky.
  2. slang Strange, odd. “And look, they don't even call them cigarettes. They call them fun tubes.” “Well, I guess,” said Hillary. “Talk about a janky role model. Candy cigarettes.”
  3. slang Untrustworthy, disreputable. Janky promoters trying to fuck up my lil' image / They fucked us over, only way you get the picture

janky²

  • /ˈd͡ʒæŋ.kiː/
  • [ˈd͡ʒæŋ.kʰɪi̯]
  • /ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋ.ki/ Canada, US
  • [ˈd͡ʒeɪ̯ŋ.kʰɪi̯] ~ /ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ŋ.ki/ Canada, US
  • [ˈd͡ʒɛ̃ŋ.kʰɪi̯] Canada, US

Rhymes with -æŋki

adjective jankier · jankiest

  1. colloquial Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish. While the asynchronous HTTP call is running on a background thread (preventing a janky UI, or ANRs), the user can navigate away from the activity after the request has been sent but before the response has been received by the device.

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@misc{janky_2026,
  title = {janky},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/janky},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}