janky
/ˈdʒaŋki
/(also jank /dʒaŋk/)
adjective (jankier, jankiest) North American informal
Of extremely poor or unreliable quality: the software is pretty janky there’s hardly anywhere to eat other than a janky food court the car is embarrassing to drive because it’s so jank...
- Pretty janky battery life, too, lasting only about 10 hours per charge.
- He takes matters into his own hands and makes some janky obstacles to skate outside.
- Jones's performance is janky, manic, and unhinged (though still lovable).
Origin
1990s: origin unknown.
- outside cabin
- outside calliper
- outside callipers
- outside child
- outside director
- outsidedness
- outside edge
- outside forward
- outside half
- outside-inside
- outside interest
- outside job
- outside leaf
- outside left
- outside line
- outside linebacker
- outside loop
- outsidely
- outside man
- outside money
- outsideness
- outside of
- outsider
- outsider art
- outsider artist