Question of the Day #825

Player-controlled movement is also a little janky, and mapped to the joystick in a slightly awkward way.

From the 9th paragraph of this article at Cog Connected.

  上記の文で、jankyの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "janky" mean?

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解答

意味：
英辞郎によると、

1. 〈米俗〉低品質の、粗悪な
2. 〈米俗〉信用できない、疑わしい

   

Answer

According to the Cambridge Dictionary:

very bad in quality or condition

 

語源

Dictionary.comによると、

Jankyは、1990年代に黒人のスラングが起源で歌手Ice Cubeの1993年発表の曲Really Doe(“Hard to swallow, janky as Rollo / Count to ten, and don’t try to follow.”)等で使用された。

 

Etymology

According to Dictionary.com,

Janky first emerged in black slang in the 1990s, featured in rap songs as early as Ice Cube’s 1993 “Really Doe”: “Hard to swallow, janky as Rollo / Count to ten, and don’t try to follow.”

   

Examples

• The elevator in the library is so janky.
• Her physical revealed what you might call a "janky elbow."
• When you travel as much as I do, you get used to staying in some pretty janky hotel rooms.
• This old computer of mine has gotten pretty janky over the years, but I can't bring myself to buy a new one.
• I remember being blown away by these graphics when I was a kid, but they look so janky now!

   

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