Meaning of janky | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Of poor quality.
   informal, slang
2. Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.
   colloquial
3. Strange, odd.
   slang
4. Untrustworthy, disreputable.
   slang

Equivalents

Examples

“It's barely holding together, it's so janky.”

““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.”

“Janky promoters trying to fuck up my lil' image / They fucked us over, only way you get⟳ the picture”

“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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