jank

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.

Adj

Janky.

Examples

Sadly, my new laptop is even more jank than my old one.

Origin / Etymology

Ostensibly a back-formation from janky (“shoddy, poor quality”).

Scrabble Score: 0

jank: not valid in Scrabble (US) TWL Dictionary
jank: not valid in Scrabble (MW) Merriam-Webster Dictionary
jank: not valid in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 18

jank: valid Words With Friends Word