Janky vs Wanky - What's the difference?
janky | wanky |
(slang) of poor quality, odd
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(jargon, computing, rare) Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.
(UK, Australia, New Zealand, slang, vulgar) Like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.
* 2007 , Mathilde Madden, The Silver Collar
(UK, slang, vulgar) Pretentious.
* 1993 , Henry Normal, Nude Modelling for the Afterlife
* 1997 April, Jessica Hopper, ,
* 1995 , Nick Hornby, High Fidelity
* 2008 , Richard Flanagan, The Unknown Terrorist
As adjectives the difference between janky and wanky
is that janky is of poor quality, odd while wanky is like a wanker; foolish or objectionable.janky
English
Adjective
(er)- Oh man, that's a janky setup.
See also
* clankyReferences
* OED 2004 *Double-Tongued Dictionary
wanky
English
Adjective
(er)- I do feel like a bit of a jealous wanky idiot.
- Must always have a worse time than me at parties. Must hate parties, students, arty wankers, wanky art students, parties with wanky art students.
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- Donita Sparks?s patented “I'm still dead” vocals and wanky guitar often beg to be fast forwarded (“Drama” comes off like Helmet sans pretentious time signatures), but that?s your problem. L7 are perfectly happy to rock, dress like roadies, and fall off bar stools with glee-filled abandon.
- That Leo Sayer haircut and those dungarees, and the stupid laugh and the wanky right-on politics...
- We talked a bit — it was that wanky bar in town, the Art Bar — and first it was good, but then he got going on about justice, how there wasn't any.