jank

skipvia commented on the word jank

A word my son uses to describe things that are worthless. From the Urban Dictionary: "broken; unnecessarily redundant, superfluous, or meaningless; stupid or ridiculously moronic; bootleg or of questionable quality."

Typical usage: "My teacher made us read the whole chapter. It was so jank."

February 19, 2008

aujourdui commented on the word jank

wierd. maybe i'll randomly start saying it.

April 20, 2008

kbbwordie commented on the word jank

Stupid; gay; retarded; anything that is the opposite of cool.

January 15, 2009

reesetee commented on the word jank

Excuse me--gay? Have a little sensitivity, pal.

January 15, 2009

Prolagus commented on the word jank

I guess it's gay in the usual UD slang.

January 15, 2009

reesetee commented on the word jank

Doesn't matter. To me, it's still offensive.

January 15, 2009

chained_bear commented on the word jank

Yeah. Using gay pejoratively is completely jank.

January 15, 2009

Prolagus commented on the word jank

Well, there's no need to say that I agree with you.

January 16, 2009

dontcry commented on the word jank

I find it interesting that nobody took umbrage to the use of "retarded."

January 16, 2009

sionnach commented on the word jank

dontcry: I was going to make a comment objecting, but got distracted.

Prolagus: I think what you wanted to say is better expressed by "It goes without saying that I agree with you". Although "there's no need to say that I agree with you" technically means the same, it sounds unidiomatic somehow.

(Trying to pin down why this is the case, the best I can come up with is "It goes without saying that ..." is neutral while "there's no need to ...." often has an element of reproach and refers to something one's interlocutor has just said or done, e.g. "there's no need to be snide" or "there's no need to get so high-and-mighty". I dunno. Maybe I'm being overly picky. It goes without saying that I wouldn't want to offend you .... :-) )

January 16, 2009

Prolagus commented on the word jank

It goes without saying that I'm not offended.

January 16, 2009

whichbe commented on the word jank

I'm offended by my offendedness and my lack of offendedness, all of your individual offendednesses and lack of offendednesses, and also all of your collective offendednesses and the lack of offendednesses.

January 16, 2009

sionnach commented on the word jank

Effendi! What a transparent effort to launch a marathon of phony umbrage taking, whichbe!

January 16, 2009

chained_bear commented on the word jank

Sionnach, I take massive umbrage at that.

January 16, 2009

reesetee commented on the word jank

I take umbrage at everyone's umbrage-taking.

*stuffs umbrage into an eco-smart cloth bag*

Dontcry: I find "retarded" just as offensive, but the "gay" part screamed at me first.

January 16, 2009

chained_bear commented on the word jank

This page is so jank. In fact it's jank with umbrage.

*washes hands*

January 16, 2009

sionnach commented on the word jank

rank

crank

dank

clank

mank

stank

prank

gank

hank

lank

jank

blank

brank

tank

sank

shank

pickthank

scrimshank

mountebank

gangplank

slank

spank

swank

skank

wank

yank

"So many nasty words end in 'ank'. Clearly, there must be some natural association between that sound and ugliness."

Discuss.

January 16, 2009

hernesheir commented on the word jank

Perhaps its the -nk. To wit:

junk

stunk

funk

drunk

clunk

fink

stink

January 16, 2009

reesetee commented on the word jank

Oh, but there are these fabulous -nk words:

pink

plink

pronk

think

bobolink

bonk

cufflink

distlefink

wink

redshank

Besides, I like fink and mountebank. :-)

January 16, 2009

hernesheir commented on the word jank

I especially like boink. I love to say it. I love to hear it. Boink, boink, boink!

January 16, 2009

reesetee commented on the word jank

And doink. That's a good one too.

January 16, 2009

sionnach commented on the word jank

Oh, now you're just being silly.

I take umbrage.

January 16, 2009

reesetee commented on the word jank

You can't. I already took all of it.

January 17, 2009

chained_bear commented on the word jank

What the heck could be wrong with gangplank? It is not the least bit jank.

Reesetee, dammit, I asked you not to hog all the umbrage! I'm taking umbrage that you took it all! *pouts*

January 17, 2009

bilby commented on the word jank

I'm glad skank made it to this page.

January 17, 2009

dontcry commented on the word jank

Umbrage, umbrage, umbrage.

There. I've given some back since reesetee took it all.

Don't mention it. It goes without saying that you are thanking me.

January 17, 2009

whichbe commented on the word jank

I'm offended by my own thankfulness of silence.

January 17, 2009

sionnach commented on the word jank

The lank, rank, skank stank dankly on the pla-ank.

... by George she's got it, I think she's got it ....

January 17, 2009

sionnach commented on the word jank

It goes without saying that I take huge umbrage at all the ridonkulous comments on this page. They're like, so totally jank.

*Packs umbrage neatly into umbrage-receptacle and exits foxily*

February 26, 2009

Rjanag commented on the word jank

An item that is of poor quality, dilapidated, broken, etc. Also used to describe a situation, location, or activity that is useless, crappy, of suspect quality, etc.

"You're going to some bar? That place is so jank!"

"My computer is so jank, it freezes up all the time."

"The professors has no idea what he's talking about. That class is so jank."

June 27, 2009