Janky vs Wonky - What's the difference?
janky | wonky |
(slang) of poor quality, odd
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(jargon, computing, rare) Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.
Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
(chiefly, British, Australia, NZ) Feeble, shaky or rickety.
(computing, especially Usenet) Suffering from intermittent bugs; broken.
Generally incorrect.
As adjectives the difference between janky and wonky
is that janky is (slang) of poor quality, odd while wonky is lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.janky
English
Adjective
(er)- Oh man, that's a janky setup.
See also
* clankyReferences
* OED 2004 *Double-Tongued Dictionary