Janki

A name for a girl from India.

Person 1: Who is that? What's her name?
Person 2: Her name's Janki.

by Janki January 30, 2008

Janky

Something that is defective, sub-par, sketchy or questionable.

Uhle is janky ever since he decided to skip work in order to go camping.

I would never go camping with Uhle as he is super janky in the way he always wants to share a tent and sleeping bag with someone.

by TSwift201410 September 19, 2013

Janky

A conjunctive form of both skanky and junky, thus denoting something both gross and in poor condition.

My friend, Larry, lives in a real shit-hole. There's dirty socks on the couch and it smells of bong-water. Man, that place is janky!

by Clinto-beans July 13, 2006

jankie

When something messed up, wrong, stupid (can refer to someone or something)

That shit is jankie
Stop bein jankie steve

by K March 25, 2004

janky

an undesireable item that has both bad taste in style and quality.

That old shoe is janky.

by Lee Chun May 26, 2003

janky

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

Janky

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