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Janky vs Wonky - What's the difference?

janky | wonky |

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)
  • (slang) of poor quality, odd
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    Oh man, that's a janky setup.
  • (jargon, computing, rare) Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.
  • See also

    * clanky

    References

    * OED 2004 * Double-Tongued Dictionary

    wonky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • Lopsided, misaligned or off-centre.
  • (chiefly, British, Australia, NZ) Feeble, shaky or rickety.
  • (computing, especially Usenet) Suffering from intermittent bugs; broken.
  • Generally incorrect.
  • Synonyms

    * awry, lonkie, skew-whiff

    Derived terms

    * wonky hole

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