Monday, July 27, 2009

Pop term of the day: Cankles

Cankles

The area in affected female legs where the calf meets the foot in an abrupt, nontapering terminus; medical cause: adipose tissue surrounding the soleus tendon, probably congenital, worsened by weight gain and improved in appearance only by boots. From the English "calf" meaning wide portion of the lower leg, and "ankle" meaning slender joint of leg with foot.

If I didn't have cankles, I might be able to wear those Prada loafers with my capri pants.

1 comment:

Gracious One said...

Hillary Clinton has those! Cankles you know