Junk
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- WasteWasteWaste is unwanted or useless materials. In biology, waste is any of the many unwanted substances or toxins that are expelled from living organisms, metabolic waste; such as urea, sweat or feces. Litter is waste which has been disposed of improperly...
, any undesired thing or substance- ScrapScrapScrap is a term used to describe recyclable and other materials left over from every manner of product consumption, such as parts of vehicles, building supplies, and surplus materials. Unlike waste, scrap has significant monetary value...
, recyclable waste used to build new things
- Scrap
- Junk (ship)Junk (ship)A junk is an ancient Chinese sailing vessel design still in use today. Junks were developed during the Han Dynasty and were used as sea-going vessels as early as the 2nd century AD. They evolved in the later dynasties, and were used throughout Asia for extensive ocean voyages...
, a sailing vessel of Chinese origin - Junk status, a debt credit ratingCredit ratingA credit rating evaluates the credit worthiness of an issuer of specific types of debt, specifically, debt issued by a business enterprise such as a corporation or a government. It is an evaluation made by a credit rating agency of the debt issuers likelihood of default. Credit ratings are...
- A slang term for drugs considered "hard"; see Hard and soft drugsHard and soft drugsHard and Soft drugs are terms to distinguish between psychoactive drugs that are addictive and perceived as especially damaging and drugs that are believed to be non-addictive and with fewer dangers associated with their use...
- Heroin, a semi-synthetic opioid
- Salt-cured meatSalt-cured meatSalt-cured meat or salted meat, for example bacon and kippered herring, is meat or fish preserved or cured with salt. Salting, either with dry salt or brine, was the only widely available method of preserving meat until the 19th century...
- A slang term for penisPenisThe penis is a biological feature of male animals including both vertebrates and invertebrates...
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- Junk, a novel by Christopher LargenChristopher LargenChristopher Largen is a U.S. award-winning journalist, novelist, social satirist, actor, public speaker and filmmaker, known for his iconoclastic writings on health and public policy, and his efforts to reduce child abuse...
- Junk (novel)Junk (novel)Junk is a 1996 Carnegie Medal and Guardian Award-winning novel by Melvin Burgess. The book is about the experiences of a group of teenagers who fall into heroin addiction and who embrace anarchism on the streets of Bristol, England...
, a novel by Melvin Burgess - Junk (band)Junk (band)Junk is a British pop band. Their song "Life Is Good" has famously appeared in numerous films, including the 2003 movie Agent Cody Banks, the 2006 movie The Benchwarmers, the 2002 movie When In Rome, the 2007 movie "A Modern Twain Story: The Prince and the Pauper", Veronica Mars, the series 10...
, a British pop band - Junk (song)Junk (song)"Junk" is a song written by Paul McCartney in 1968 while The Beatles were in India. It was originally under consideration for The Beatles . It was passed over for that LP, as it was for Abbey Road. It was eventually released on McCartney's debut solo album McCartney in 1970...
, a song written by Paul McCartney - Junk, a song from Zico Chain's Food albumFood (album)Food is the debut album from London based rock band Zico Chain, Anaemia and Where Would You Rather be? where released as singles from the album along with music videos.-Critical reception:...
- Junk (Transformers), a fictional planet in the Transformers universe
- Junk: Record of the Last Hero, a shōnen manga by Kia Asamiya
- Junk (film)Junk (film)is a Japanese Yakuza Zombie movie directed by Atsushi Muroga. Shot in 1999 and produced by Japan Home Video, it is essentially a remake of a Japanese mafia movie called "Score" also directed by Muroga, but this time with zombies getting in the way of being paid for the heist. The movie pays homage...
, a Japanese Yakuza zombie film directed by Atsushi Muroga - J-U-N-KJ-U-N-K- Cast :*Madge Kirby as A society bud*Jim Welch as Her father*John J. Richardson as A Count*Vernon Dent as The junk dealer*Hank Mann as His helper...
, a 1920 American film produced by Morris R. Schlank