adjective used to describe a person, place or thing which is questionable, fucked up, wrong, strange, broken down, undesirable, and/or just some thing you can't think of another word for. The origin of this work is explained somewhat in the conversation example. Friends and I were sitting around drinking coffee one morning, and I was bitching about my empty cup when my friend blamed the lack of coffee on the "janky ass coffee maker." I have since heard the word in the movie Friday.
Other forms: janked, janked up, janked out,
I was dancing with my friends and some janky old mutherfucker came up to me and started grabbin' my ass!

Michelle: yo, when's that coffee going to be ready?

Crystal: I don't know. This janky ass coffee maker takes forever.

He was a weirdo and made me feel all janked out, so I left.

I didn't get into Harvard. I don't know what I'm going to do now - it's totally janked up.
by Michelle Stinnett August 1, 2005
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Poorly constructed or of poor quality
This janky shirt she gave me is falling apart.
by Werd December 8, 2002
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Used to describe someone's character or behavior in a derogatory manner. Also to describe something that is bad or messed up.
"Man, can you believe he pulled that shit, he is one jankie-ass mother-fucker"

"Dude, they sold you some jankie shit this time"
by Dan Oglesby April 7, 2004
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The state of being janky. Used to describe an amount or a level within that state -- studied by a jankologist.
-House guest surveying the couch he or she will be sleeping on-
"What is this jankiness?"

-Surveying the theme park that I just paid $50 to get into-
"This is an incredibly high level of jankiness."

by DL Smith June 20, 2006
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Poorly constructed or put together, and does not seem like it should function at all, although it may perform beyond expectations.
That entire computer system is janky
by leaf November 12, 2003
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Sorry assed, broke down, or tore up. Shady, or hella foul.
Originally heard when I lived in the East Bay area from the rapper Chunk. Also see janked out.
Janky hoes don't get chose. Any liquor store that don't sell the Super Socko & Gin is janky as all fuck. This nucka's hizzy is janked out like a crankhouse.
by Smokehouse Brown December 30, 2005
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Despicably dishonest incompetent self serving shady bastard of a character, questionable quality, often used in conjunction with "cheap ass piece of shit " of very poor quality. no integrity, useless, not to be trusted. no good
That janky doctor performs janky procedures on old people just to get the insurance money before they die.

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That janky piece of jewelry my janky boyfriend gave me fell apart the first time I wore it.
by luvya July 7, 2013
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