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单词 jank
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jankadj.

Brit. /dʒaŋk/, U.S. /dʒæŋk/
Origin: Probably a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: junk n.1
Etymology: Probably representing a regional, affected, or colloquial pronunciation of junk n.1 Compare earlier janky adj., and perhaps also stank adj.2, stanky adj.
U.S. slang (frequently in African-American usage).
Of poor quality, bad, inferior; untrustworthy; = janky adj.
ΚΠ
1997 Tournament Rep. Madness (Edison, NJ) in rec.games.trading-cards.magic.strategy (Usenet newsgroup) 24 Nov. He plays second-turn... Freewind Falcon. Now that just blows. I think Freewind Falcon is jank.
1999 ‘Mack 10’ in I Want It All (song, perf. ‘Warren G’) in Hip-hop & Rap (2003) 203 They don't know nuttin' about no excuses and disrespect Or somebody bein' jank with they daddy's royalty check.
2008 @malidragon 7 Mar. in twitter.com (O.E.D. Archive) That is super jank. I'm not happy about this.
2010 L. McElroy iAm your Biggest Fan 102 ‘Are those new drums?’ ‘Oh yeah!..that old drum set was jank so I figured I'd just spend the bucks and get myself these.’
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

jankv.

Brit. /dʒaŋk/, U.S. /dʒæŋk/, Scottish English /dʒaŋk/
Etymology: Derivation obscure: compare Swedish and Norwegian dialect janka to totter, go slowly, hesitate.
Scottish.
intransitive. To trifle, shuffle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > act evasively [verb (intransitive)]
haft1519
shuffle1565
dodge1575
palter1580
shift1580
hedge1611
boggle1615
subterfuge1622
prevaricatea1625
to shuffle up and down1633
evade1660
sophisticate1664
janka1689
whiffle1737
tongue-twist1836
caffle1851
pussyfoot1902
sidestep1904
spruce1916
to fudge and mudge1980
a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 19 Now he's rewarded for such pranks, When he would pass, it's told he Janks.
1808 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. To Jank, to trifle, Loth[ian].

Derivatives

jank n. a shuffle.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > evasive deception, shiftiness > [noun] > an evasion, subterfuge
evasionc1425
shift1545
subterfuge1563
tergiversation1570
amusement1603
shuffle1628
subterfugy1637
salvo1665
jank1705
fudge1797
shiffle-shufflea1871
1705 Observator No. 4. 22 His pretending to bring Witnesses from the East Indies, seem'd liker a fair Jank than any proper Defence.
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