Jinky vs Janky - What's the difference?
jinky | janky |
mazy, windy, zigzagging
* 1988 , Michael King, One of the boys?: changing views of masculinity in New Zealand , page 100:
* 1990 , Bob Ferrier, The world atlas of golf courses , page 76:
* 1999 Irish Independent - Bell rings warning over Leslie
* 2006 , Telegraph - Tevez must sharpen up before axe needs to fall
* 2007 John O'Groat Journal - Millbank Man o' Steel event brings season to a close
* 2009 Scotsman - Rugby: Victory would be perfect birthday gift
*:"Unfortunately it was my faster, jinkier pals who could get past the security guards and I'd always end up getting stopped''"
(slang) of poor quality, odd
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(jargon, computing, rare) Unresponsive (of a software application’s user interface), sluggish.
As adjectives the difference between jinky and janky
is that jinky is mazy, windy, zigzagging while janky is of poor quality, odd.jinky
English
Adjective
(er)- Trap the long ball to the wing on the run, carry it down the touch-line at speed, passing the half-back with a body-swerve, take the ball almost to the corner flag, then cut inside the fullback with a jinky one-two, and place the ball [...]
- The 2nd is a jinky little 345 yards, and is anything but simple. A large eucalyptus tree on the right, 100 yards out, shuts off half of the target area from the tee. A big bunker on the left at 220 yards tightens it even further, [...]
- He's also quite jinky off his feet. He steps through tackles and offloads there are no frills. He brings other players into the game.
- Coming out second best then, he then tried a jinky dribble from right to left, only to find McCann standing in his way again.''
- Darren was the smallest on the pitch he is certainly not fazed by the bigger lads and his jinky runs regularly stretched the opposition to the limit
See also
* juke * hinkyjanky
English
Adjective
(er)- Oh man, that's a janky setup.
See also
* clankyReferences
* OED 2004 *Double-Tongued Dictionary