Language is always evolving, and that’s also true for American Sign Language. A century ago, the sign for “telephone” was one fist below your mouth and the other at your ear, as if you’re holding an old-fashioned candlestick...
Melanie from San Antonio, Texas, uses the term janky to mean “not good ” or “not working well,” and in her family, they’ll jokingly use the term dejankify and dejankification to refer to washing their dog. The slang...
If your car’s broken down you might say it’s banjaxed, especially if you’re in Ireland. A caller who grew up in Dublin is curious about the word. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Banjaxed” Hello, you...
What is janky? A Chattanooga caller uses it describe something inferior or bad. This is part of a complete episode. Transcript of “Etymology of “Janky”” Hello, you have A Way with Words. Hi, how you doing? Hi, great...
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...
jankey adj.— «I believed it got 187ed when john tried to get al fruity-assed with weedwhacker. Kinda jankey if you ask me.» —“Re: Whatever happened to the Slang Dictionary” by Raver Efreet (rtreat@sprintmail...