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janky

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janky /ˈdʒaŋki / (jank /dʒaŋk/)
▸ adjective
( jankier, jankiest)
US English informal of extremely poor or unreliable quality:
the software is pretty janky
there's hardly anywhere to eat other than a janky food court
the car is embarrassing to drive because it's so jank.
– ORIGIN 1980s: probably a variant of junky.
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