jankadj.

Brit.

/dʒaŋk/, U.S.

/dʒæŋk/

Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: junk n.¹

Etymology: Probably representing a regional, affected, or colloquial pronunciation of junk n.¹ Compare earlier janky adj., and perhaps also stank adj.², stanky adj.

U.S. slang (frequently in African-American usage).

Of poor quality, bad, inferior; untrustworthy; = janky adj.

ΚΠ

1997 Tournament Rep. Madness (Edison, NJ) in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Nov. He plays second-turn... Freewind Falcon. Now that just blows. I think Freewind Falcon is jank.

1999 ‘Mack 10’ in I Want It All (song, perf. ‘Warren G’) in Hip-hop & Rap (2003) 203 They don't know nuttin' about no excuses and disrespect Or somebody bein' jank with they daddy's royalty check.

2008 @malidragon 7 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) That is super jank. I'm not happy about this.

2010 L. McElroy iAm your Biggest Fan 102 ‘Are those new drums?’ ‘Oh yeah!..that old drum set was jank so I figured I'd just spend the bucks and get myself these.’

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jankv.

Brit.

/dʒaŋk/, U.S.

/dʒæŋk/, Scottish English

/dʒaŋk/

Etymology: Derivation obscure: compare Swedish and Norwegian dialect janka to totter, go slowly, hesitate.

Scottish.

intransitive. To trifle, shuffle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > act evasively [verb (intransitive)]

haft1519

shuffle1565

dodge1575

palter1580

shift1580

hedge1611

boggle1615

subterfuge1622

prevaricatea1625

to shuffle up and down1633

evade1660

sophisticate1664

janka1689

whiffle1737

tongue-twist1836

caffle1851

pussyfoot1902

sidestep1904

spruce1916

to fudge and mudge1980

a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 19 Now he's rewarded for such pranks, When he would pass, it's told he Janks.

1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To Jank, to trifle, Loth[ian].

Derivatives

jank n. a shuffle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge

evasionc1425

shift1545

subterfuge1563

tergiversation1570

amusement1603

shuffle1628

subterfugy1637

salvo1665

jank1705

fudge1797

shiffle-shufflea1871

1705 Observator No. 4. 22 His pretending to bring Witnesses from the East Indies, seem'd liker a fair Jank than any proper Defence.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	jank
释义	jankadj. Brit. /dʒaŋk/, U.S. /dʒæŋk/ Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: junk n.¹ Etymology: Probably representing a regional, affected, or colloquial pronunciation of junk n.¹ Compare earlier janky adj., and perhaps also stank adj.², stanky adj. U.S. slang (frequently in African-American usage). Of poor quality, bad, inferior; untrustworthy; = janky adj. ΚΠ 1997 Tournament Rep. Madness (Edison, NJ) in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Nov. He plays second-turn... Freewind Falcon. Now that just blows. I think Freewind Falcon is jank. 1999 ‘Mack 10’ in I Want It All (song, perf. ‘Warren G’) in Hip-hop & Rap (2003) 203 They don't know nuttin' about no excuses and disrespect Or somebody bein' jank with they daddy's royalty check. 2008 @malidragon 7 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) That is super jank. I'm not happy about this. 2010 L. McElroy iAm your Biggest Fan 102 ‘Are those new drums?’ ‘Oh yeah!..that old drum set was jank so I figured I'd just spend the bucks and get myself these.’ This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). jankv. Brit. /dʒaŋk/, U.S. /dʒæŋk/, Scottish English /dʒaŋk/ Etymology: Derivation obscure: compare Swedish and Norwegian dialect janka to totter, go slowly, hesitate. Scottish. intransitive. To trifle, shuffle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > act evasively [verb (intransitive)] haft1519 shuffle1565 dodge1575 palter1580 shift1580 hedge1611 boggle1615 subterfuge1622 prevaricatea1625 to shuffle up and down1633 evade1660 sophisticate1664 janka1689 whiffle1737 tongue-twist1836 caffle1851 pussyfoot1902 sidestep1904 spruce1916 to fudge and mudge1980 a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 19 Now he's rewarded for such pranks, When he would pass, it's told he Janks. 1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To Jank, to trifle, Loth[ian]. Derivatives jank n. a shuffle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge evasionc1425 shift1545 subterfuge1563 tergiversation1570 amusement1603 shuffle1628 subterfugy1637 salvo1665 jank1705 fudge1797 shiffle-shufflea1871 1705 Observator No. 4. 22 His pretending to bring Witnesses from the East Indies, seem'd liker a fair Jank than any proper Defence. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1997v.a1689
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