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Jinky vs Janky - What's the difference?

jinky | janky |

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)
  • mazy, windy, zigzagging
  • * 1988 , Michael King, One of the boys?: changing views of masculinity in New Zealand , page 100:
  • 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 [...]
  • * 1990 , Bob Ferrier, The world atlas of golf courses , page 76:
  • 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, [...]
  • * 1999 Irish Independent - Bell rings warning over Leslie
  • 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.
  • * 2006 , Telegraph - Tevez must sharpen up before axe needs to fall
  • Coming out second best then, he then tried a jinky dribble from right to left, only to find McCann standing in his way again.''
  • * 2007 John O'Groat Journal - Millbank Man o' Steel event brings season to a close
  • 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
  • * 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''"
  • See also

    * juke * hinky

    janky

    English

    Adjective

    (er)
  • (slang) of poor quality, odd
  • * {{quote-video
  • , date = 2014-08-07 , title = Smokin', Drinkin', and Chillin' , series = , number = 1 , people = Kali Hawk , role = Maggie , passage = We're gonna do some janky' shit. When you're doin' ' janky shit, you wear a mask. }}
    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