janky
adj.— «“That janky-ass bitch?” Janky is Rah’s favorite word these days. Anything below par is janky.» —by William Shaw Westside: Young Men and Hip Hop in L.A. Apr. 12, 2000. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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