jannie

jannie

See also: Jannie

English

Etymology

janitor +‎ -ie

Noun

jannie (plural jannies)

1. (chiefly Scotland, colloquial) A janitor.
2. (Internet slang, derogatory) An Internet janitor; a moderator of an online forum.

   Clean it up, jannie!

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Scots

Noun

jannie (plural jannies)

1. (slang) janitor
   • 2004, Sheena Blackhall, The Wizard o the North, ‘Letter fae a distressed heidie’:

     Aa throw Science he played his trannie, / Gied a Glesga kiss tae the jannie, / Pit the gerbil up May Webster's kilt, / Kennin fine she's allegric tilt.

   • 2013, Donal McLaughlin, translating Pedro Lenz, Naw Much of a Talker, Freight Books 2013, p. 32:

     If the rain disnae stop soon, ah'll be stayin in here till wan ae the librarians or – fur aw ah care – the jannie [translating Abwart] chucks me oot.