An adjective, usually used to describe a person of somewhat advanced years, who is disagreeable to deal with, but has excellent, provocative chat, or banter.
Dave: Saw Frank today in the supermarket. The miserable bugger's convinced we should house all homelesspeople in jail and let them eat the prisoners.
Boris: Yeah, he's a bantankerous old git, isn't he?!
(adjective) all jacked up; held in low social regard; completely anarchistic in structure; refers almost exclusively to situations, but is gaining usage as a substitute for janky. Never used when referring to animate objects (living things).
Our plane landed right on time, but our baggage was 2 hrs late due to some lazy workers on the chute. Dee-girl was pissed at how bajankedy things were.
Listen here, haole! I ain't getting on that Bajankedy boat. Mahalo bra.
Banande (Bayira, the singular is Munande): People of the Nande tribe in the Rwenzori area, have a similar language and a similar music with the Bakonzo. They consider themselves as descents from the Baiyra, who lived in the western part of Uganda in pre-colonial times.