janky

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Of poor quality.

   • It's barely holding together, it's so janky.
2. 2

   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.”
   • We're gonna do some janky shit. When you're doin' janky shit, you wear a mask.
3. 3

   Untrustworthy, disreputable.

   • Janky promoters trying to fuck up my lil' image / They fucked us over, only way you get the picture
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   1. 4

      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.
      • If you love B-movies, crazy sci-fi and intense, janky-as-all-hell videogames, you’ve come to the right place.

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