(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!
