to affect with wonder, astonish; outstanding; superior; distinguished
That girl f'in rocks, shes so janki.
This new guy I'm seeing is totally janki in bed.
by j-star January 19, 2005
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an undesireable item that has both bad taste in style and quality.
That old shoe is janky.
by Lee Chun May 26, 2003
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Of questionable strength or worth; ramshackle or rigged in an unprofessional manner; ludicrously cheap or ill-suited to a given purpose; laughable; e.g. George W. Bush. Origin: Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Reno, NV, USA circa 1996 (earliest known)
That lifeboat is janky! Look at the duct tape job.
by Master Bacon August 7, 2008
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An adjective describing an object or location that is of poor quality or broken down. While expressing negative characteristics, janky is often used as a term of endearment for objects past their prime but still appreciated.
My '92 civic has terrible mileage, manual windows, and a broken stereo but I'd never get rid of it. I love that janky car.

You hungry? I know this janky Chinese restaurant downtown. Probably violates ten health codes but the chow mein is amazing.
by JWoCA November 11, 2010
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Undesirable; less-than optimum.
by Boomer December 9, 1999
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A janky function is a function f where \alpha_f, the Hölder exponent of f, approaches 0. A function g is said to be jankier than f \alpha_f < \alpha_f.
It's going to be tough to learn that function because it is so janky!
by Lindelöf99 October 27, 2018
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Something that's real messed up, doesn't look right, smell right, or just isn't right at all.
"Man, I walked over to the park yesterday and them playgrounds are too messed up, man. Sh*ts janky."
by Dance'n'chief November 23, 2018
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