cankle

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

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Blend of calf and ankle

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• Rhymes: -æŋkəl

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cankle (plural cankles)

1. (slang, pejorative) An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.

   2001 — Hey, all l’m saying is she’s got cankles, for God’s sake. What? Cankles! She’s got no ankles. It’s like the calf merged with the foot, cut out the middleman. — Shallow Hal

   2004 — The “cankle” (or the appearance of not having an ankle, but the calf of the leg just connecting to the foot) is a look that many women have and most could live without. — Jeff Smith, Posing for Portrait Photography: A Head-to-Toe Guide

   2005 — They’d pass me magazines and ask how my cankle recovery was progressing. They’re ankles, not cankles. I don’t have cankles! — Franz Wisner, Honeymoon with my Brother

   2008 — Stop saying I have cankles! — Amy Poeler as Hillary Clinton, Saturday Night Live (13 September 2008)

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