jank
Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒæŋk/
The English word “jank” has 4 meanings listed here.
noun
- Perceptible pause in the smooth rendering of a software application's user interface due to slow operations or poor interface design.
- Game mechanics of unconventional or flawed design or implementation, and the experience of such mechanics, as to ruin or disrupt play, or break immersion; e.g. bugs and glitches.
- A game, or games, with such mechanics.
adjective
Etymology
Ostensibly a back-formation from janky (“shoddy, poor quality”).
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