Definitions

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  • noun slang, pejorative An obese or otherwise swollen ankle that blends into the calf without clear demarcation.

Etymologies

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Blend of calf and ankle

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Examples

  • There were a nice pair pf pewter-y flats with a little criss-cross ankle strap, but the strap wasn't looking so good, now that I'm in cankle-world, so I left those behind for someone less swollen than I.

    Archive 2008-07-01 kittenpie 2008

  • There were a nice pair pf pewter-y flats with a little criss-cross ankle strap, but the strap wasn't looking so good, now that I'm in cankle-world, so I left those behind for someone less swollen than I.

    A Fluffy Shoe Post kittenpie 2008

  • The word cankle entered the pop-culture lexicon around the time actor Jason Alexander's character in the 2001 movie "Shallow Hal" used the expression.

    For the Body-Conscious, 2009

  • But maybe the nastiness and "cankle" talk represents its own kind of progress

    Salon 2009

  • But maybe the nastiness and "cankle" talk represents its own kind of progress

    Salon 2009

  • But maybe the nastiness and "cankle" talk represents its own kind of progress

    Salon 2009

  • But maybe the nastiness and "cankle" talk represents its own kind of progress

    Salon 2009

  • But maybe the nastiness and "cankle" talk represents its own kind of progress

    Salon 2009

  • But maybe the nastiness and "cankle" talk represents its own kind of progress

    Salon 2009

  • But maybe the nastiness and "cankle" talk represents its own kind of progress

    Salon 2009

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