janky
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janky (comparativo jankier, superlativo jankiest)
- (US) (popolare) scrauso, scadente
- (US) (popolare) che non funziona correttamente
- (US) (popolare) di persona inaffidabile o di scarsa reputazione
IPA: /ˈd͡ʒæŋ.ki/ Ascolta la pronuncia :
di origine incerta, vi sono due ipotesi principali:
- deriva da junky, unione di junk + -y;
- variante di jinxed, come riportato da Clarence Major nel testo Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang (New York, 1994)
- WordReference.com, Versione on-line Inglese-Italiano
- Cambridge University Press, Cambridge Dictionary versione on-line
- Dictionary.com, lemma janky
- Merriam-Webster, Versione on-line