Birth of the Jank

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Mr Awesomer · #46 Post by **Mr Awesomer** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 8:52 pm

Hey, Jesse (tornredcarpet), Fredo just revived this thread via another thread and it reminded me of a picture you took in 2005. Mine if I post it?

djstarr · #47 Post by **djstarr** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:16 am

Yes. We owe the lineage of "jank" to Giselle and Reuben; but Leigh coined it and made it his own. We just copied Leigh. I hope this is well documented in some future tome.

Mr Awesomer · #48 Post by **Mr Awesomer** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:05 am

The term was being used well before Leigh starting spreading it further, but I forget exactly whom first used it. Something deep in my memory says it was first spoken (as a dance term) at one of the Vegas Exchanges, but that doesn't help history much since everyone there was surely drunk out of their minds.

GemZombie · #49 Post by **GemZombie** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:43 am

Mr Awesomer wrote:The term was being used well before Leigh starting spreading it further, but I forget exactly whom first used it. Something deep in my memory says it was first spoken (as a dance term) at one of the Vegas Exchanges, but that doesn't help history much since everyone there was surely drunk out of their minds.

I don't think I was sober at all during any of the Vegas Exchanges.

falty411 · #50 Post by **falty411** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:18 pm

GemZombie wrote:
Mr Awesomer wrote:The term was being used well before Leigh starting spreading it further, but I forget exactly whom first used it. Something deep in my memory says it was first spoken (as a dance term) at one of the Vegas Exchanges, but that doesn't help history much since everyone there was surely drunk out of their minds.
I don't think I was sober at all during any of the Vegas Exchanges.

I didnt know that they let sober people attend

Surreal · #51 Post by **Surreal** » Sun Aug 24, 2008 12:36 am

djstarr wrote:
yedancer wrote:[nerdtalk] Among some collectible card game players, "jank" refers to card combinations that are complicated, difficult or strange, yet produce powerful or unique results. [/nerdtalk]
like a full house? (the collectible part of this is the chips ).

Over four years late, but I don't think anyone answered this one. I believe the collectible card game that vedancer referenced was most likely Magic: The Gathering, although it could have been something similar (I believe Duel Masters was popular around 2004-2005).

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