"Cankles"

After coming home from work on this beautiful 60 degree day, I kicked off my dress shoes for a minute before I re-socked and re-shoed my feet with athletic socks and shoes for a workout. I sat down for a moment to prop my feet up. I looked down at my feet and was surprised to see that they were LARGER than normal. Everything from my calves, ankles, feet, to toes were swollen. I usually drink about a gallon of water each day to keep swelling down and stay healthy, but today I was unable to drink that much water for various reasons. Well, this is proof that the more water you drink the less you swell. I know, it kind of sounds backward...you would think the more water you drink the more you would swell, but it is the other way around.

So.....

Dustin was studying across the room with his back to me, and I said, "Whoa, Dustin, look at my swollen feet!" His honestly innocent immediate response was a special one!!! He replied, "Whoa!!! You've got cankles!!" (By the way, cankles are the technical term when someone doesn't really have the ankle bone definition and it looks like the calf extends down to look like it connects directly to the foot.) My first reaction was LAUGHTER!! It was hilarious!! I wish you could have seen the look on his face when he realized that he just told his expecting wife she had fat ankles...cankles.

Oh well, I will just have to fix the situation with more water from now on!!! He's lucky I'm not a hyper-emotional pregnant female.

Here is an example of a cankle..... in case you were having trouble visualizing a cankle from my definition. I hope you could get a laugh out of this one too!!



Cankle n. A fusion of the words “calf” and “ankle,” a cankle is a very thick ankle - one which appears to be a continuation of the calf itself.