cankle

English

Alternative forms

• kankle

Etymology

Blend of calf +‎ ankle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæŋkəl/
• (US, also) IPA^(key): /ˈkeɪŋkəl/
• Rhymes: -æŋkəl

Noun

cankle ‎(plural cankles)

1. (slang, pejorative) An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.
   • 2001, Shallow Hal:

     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.

   • 2004, Jeff Smith, Posing for Portrait Photography: A Head-to-Toe Guide:

     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.

   • 2005, Franz Wisner, Honeymoon with my Brother:

     They’d pass me magazines and ask how my cankle recovery was progressing. They’re ankles, not cankles. I don’t have cankles!

   • 2007, Family Guy, season 5, "Bill And Peter's Bogus Journey":

     Now that's a cankle! Where does the calf fat end and the ankle fat begin? Who knows, that's the fun!

   • 2008, 13 September, Saturday Night Live:

     Amy Poeler as Hillary Clinton: Stop saying I have cankles!

Translations

an obese or otherwise swollen ankle

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 胖腳踝, 胖脚踝 ‎(pàng jiǎohuái), 腳踝贅肉, 脚踝赘肉 ‎(jiǎohuái zhuì ròu)

• Dutch: kenkel
• Finnish: paksu (fi) nilkka (fi)
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• Japanese: ^{(please verify)} 大根足 ‎(だいこんあし, daikon'ashi)
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• Russian: распу́хшая щи́колотка f ‎(raspúxšaja ščíkolotka)
• Spanish: tobillo hinchado m
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