cankle

cankle

English

Alternative forms

• kankle

Etymology

Blend of calf +‎ ankle

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæŋkəl/

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• Rhymes: -æŋkəl

Noun

cankle (plural cankles)

1. (slang, derogatory) An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.
   • 2001, Peter Farrelly; Bobby Farrelly, 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, “Bill & Peter's Bogus Journey”, in Family Guy, season 5, episode 13:

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

   • 2008 September 13, Saturday Night Live, spoken by Hillary Clinton (Amy Poehler):

     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 nilkka French: please add this translation if you can German: Stamper m or m pl, Stamperl (de) m or m pl (Austro-Bavarian), Krautstampfer (de) m or m pl, Wurstknöchel m or m pl Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: (please verify) 大根足 (だいこんあし, daikon'ashi) Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: распу́хшая щи́колотка f (raspúxšaja ščíkolotka) Spanish: tobillo hinchado m Thai: please add this translation if you can

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