- Can be referred to many different things. For example if you had to create from scratch a table and it looked terrible, you would say it was janky looking. It can also refer to something like a paper that was thrown together at the last minute. Your paper could be janky if it was just thrown together and didn’t really fit or make much sense.
Janky (3)
adjective novel creation
Something shoddily made or not sturdy by construction
Etymology : None
Source : August 2011. Friend from Georgia said “My apartment is really janky. It’s one bedroom, smells bad, and looks like it is going to fall down any minute.”
Last modified: 6 December 2011