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re: The word "janky"
Posted on 11/10/21 at 1:32 pm to baybeefeetz
Posted on 11/10/21 at 1:32 pm to baybeefeetz
I swear blacks constantly say the most retarded shite.
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Posted on 11/10/21 at 1:33 pm to epbart
quote:
So, I see why you might've thought what you said in the OP (depending on how you were exposed to the word), but I don't think they're that close to being considered true synonyms. Sketch is another word that might fall in this category, where it might have a racist connotation in some contexts, but generally should not be viewed this way.
This guy gets it.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 1:34 pm to baybeefeetz
Janky, at least how I use it, means trashy/shitty/subpar.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 1:35 pm to go_tigres
Yeah I guess how I was exposed to it it sounded like the person would have otherwise said ghetto.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 2:02 pm to baybeefeetz
quote:
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Chicago mornin'
A poor little baby child is born
In the jankyyyyyyyy
(In the jankyyyyyy)
Nah. Doesn't sound right.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 2:15 pm to baybeefeetz
Some folks would say ratchet, but I say sketchy. Others say the "hood" .
Posted on 11/10/21 at 2:50 pm to baybeefeetz
quote:
My theory on this word is that white people made it up so they could stop saying "ghetto," which they realized (or were told) was a racist term. But they mean "ghetto."
I have used "Janky" for stuff for decades with no correlation to the color of the perpetrator. I use it more for stuff that is cobbled together with bailing wire and duct tape...than anything else.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 2:54 pm to NorthEnd
quote:
what about "jerry rigged" ?
Was originally "Jury Rigged" but evolved and then got attributed to insulting Germans. It originated as a sailing term (referring to a temporary "Jury Mast").
Posted on 11/10/21 at 3:04 pm to baybeefeetz
I prefer janky-arse. Like my company has janky-arse servers cause they keep crashing.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 3:04 pm to SantaFe
quote:
ratchet
WTH is this? A non-genius why of pronouncing wretched?
Posted on 11/10/21 at 3:04 pm to baybeefeetz
First time I ever heard the word was in 1989 when Eddie Murphy used it in Harlem Nights.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 3:10 pm to Abstract Queso Dip
Btw Ice Cube or whoever didn't invent the term. It's been a while for a long time. It's like saying Faulkner invented ya'll... Which btw is how he spelled it. Webster was a Yankee and put it in the dictionary/autocorrect wrong.
This post was edited on 11/10/21 at 3:11 pm
Posted on 11/10/21 at 3:25 pm to baybeefeetz
quote:
It's possible my theory holds no water.
Your thread holds less water than a janky, upside-down colander.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 5:37 pm to tgrmeat
Wow, we have a scholar here.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 5:41 pm to baybeefeetz
quote:
My theory on this word is that white people made it up so they could stop saying "ghetto," which they realized (or were told) was a racist term. But they mean "ghetto."
It's a niche thread. Bombs away
My theory is that you’re a sensitive dork with too much time on your hands that needs to start a hobby. I still say ghetto all the time, and I don’t really care if it offends weird white people like you
Posted on 11/10/21 at 5:53 pm to baybeefeetz
Not sure, BBF, I've heard it most commonly as a synonym for hinky or squirrelly, less commonly for shady, unreliable (mechanically) or even broken/poorly functioning.
Ghetto euphemisms are mainly some riff on "urban" or "street", or otherwise Ebonics references.
Maybe just my limited experience.
Ghetto euphemisms are mainly some riff on "urban" or "street", or otherwise Ebonics references.
Maybe just my limited experience.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 5:53 pm to baybeefeetz
I thought it meant "questionable".
Posted on 11/10/21 at 6:30 pm to baybeefeetz
I thought it was a twist on the word "skanky" .
Posted on 11/10/21 at 6:55 pm to baybeefeetz
Redd Foxx said it in Harlem Nights. I think he called Quick that ‘janky little rat’or something like that. That’s the first time I remember hearing it. We quoted that for months after seeing the movie.
Posted on 11/10/21 at 8:04 pm to supadave3
So janky = sketchy or dodgey?
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