Janky

//ˈd͡ʒæŋ.ki// adj, slang

adj, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of poor quality. informal, slang

    "It's barely holding together, it's so janky."

  2. 2
    Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish. colloquial

    "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."

  3. 3
    Strange, odd. slang

    "“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.”"

  4. 4
    Untrustworthy, disreputable. slang

    "Janky promoters trying to fuck up my lil' image / They fucked us over, only way you get the picture"

Synonyms

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badbrokencheapshitcheapshitfritzykaput

Example

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"That janky software keeps crashing all the time."

Etymology

From junky.

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