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Manky vs Janky - What's the difference?

manky | janky |

As adjectives the difference between manky and janky

is that manky is unpleasantly dirty and disgusting while janky is of poor quality, odd.

manky

English

Adjective

(er)
  • (British, Scotland, Ireland, slang) Unpleasantly dirty and disgusting.
  • * 2005 , Justin Peter Beaney, Kasdeja's Children ,
  • "He don't want those," his father said, holding a bag of apples at the end of an outstretched arm as if they were a danger to his health, "they're all... manky ."
  • * 2010 , Marian Keyes, The Brightest Star in the Sky ,
  • "Speaking of which—" Fionn starts foostering in the pocket of his manky old jacket—"I've probably got something for you."

    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