janky adj. inferior, bad, weird. Also jinky, jainky, jankie, jankey. Editorial Note: The connection between janky and jinky is uncertain, but as their usage seems interchangeable, I am defining them as a single term. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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yup. Janky= messed up, dilapidated, falling apart, retarded, etc. I often refer to my janky-assed car.
I used this word today for this very meaning and they all looked at me like I was janky. Well, I guess I’m not the only one.
I use janky to mean trashy (i.e. very short very tight skirt)
I was told that janky “is or is like” a politically correct version of ghetto (adj.). This seems to cover most if not all usages.
I want to know what’s the meaning of
the name Jinky?Please kindly help me
in knowing the meaning of the name Jinky.
I am a real estate agent and sometimes use janky, as i did yesterday, to describe features of other sellers units.
My name is mista-Z and I have had alot of disagreements with this word,JANKIE,me and a friend were disagreeing about how the word is spelled I spell it with an IE,but he spells it with a Y,How is it really spelled? Can it be said both ways?
I thought it was a contraction of “junkie” and “skanky”… like to describe a dope ho
jinky
Scottish, meaning: Swift-footed and elusive
Found on http://www.britnett-carver.co.uk/stoneha