Jankier vs Mankier - What's the difference?
jankier | mankier |
(janky)
(slang) of poor quality, odd
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(jargon, computing, rare) Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.
(manky)
(British, Scotland, Ireland, slang) Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.
* 2005 , Justin Peter Beaney, Kasdeja's Children ,
* 2010 , Marian Keyes, The Brightest Star in the Sky ,
As adjectives the difference between jankier and mankier
is that jankier is comparative of janky while mankier is comparative of manky.jankier
English
Adjective
(head)janky
English
Adjective
(er)- Oh man, that's a janky setup.
See also
* clankyReferences
* OED 2004 *Double-Tongued Dictionary
mankier
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Adjective
(head)Anagrams
*manky
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Adjective
(er)- "He don't want those," his father said, holding a bag of apples at the end of an outstretched arm as if they were a danger to his health, "they're all... manky ."
- "Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."