English

janked up

From janked + up; possibly influenced by jacked up (“wrecked; damaged”).

A compound of janked + up

English janky ‘of poor quality’

Proto-Germanic *upp ‘up’

Proto-West Germanic *upp

Old English upp

Middle English up ‘to a vertical axis’

English up

The story

From janked + up; possibly influenced by jacked up (‘wrecked; damaged’).

adj Synonym of janked (“messed up, janky”).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / janked up