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Origins - etymology ?[edit]

Well explained, but why "Jankers" ? --195.137.93.171 (talk) 07:18, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Merriam-Webster : origin unknown

Concise Oxford English Dictionary : of unknown origin

--195.137.93.171 (talk) 07:24, 5 July 2011 (UTC)[reply]

I edited the original article, having had a lot of personal experience of being on "Jankers" myself when I was in the British forces in 1950s and 60s. But regarding your question on the etymology of the vernacular term, I did not try to put that in, because I am just not sure and can not give a citation.

But I believe it was the term that arose from the sound of the noise from contact of your brasses on webbing and pack that you made when you had to proceed from your barrack room in "full marching order" to report for your punishment parade. Because in that period the word "jank" was used by some as a midway word between "clank" and "jangle" .i.e. "your repeatedly making or causing to make a ringing metallic sound, typically a discordant one". In a barrack room in very early morning 2 or 3 might be proceeding out of barrack room so referred to by the rest hearing them as "the jankers" men.

Another less likely possibility is that the word "jank" today means the same as "junk". So it was perhaps designated to describe service personnel, who had been put on a disciplinary charge thereby deemed "junk" status relative to the rest?

But if anybody knows any different please comment — Preceding unsigned comment added by Daviddru (talk • contribs) 11:50, 23 December 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Contradiction[edit]

has been put on a charge by a non-commissioned officer (NCO) or occasionally a commissioned officer

further down...

Jankers could be given by a less senior officer, most typically a Captain or Flight Lieutenant. 80.43.201.37 (talk) 19:37, 8 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]