fankle
n.— «Well here I am Babe with fankles (fat ankles)! I haven’t had any problems with swelling until now. The other night we were at my mum and dad’s for dinner and I looked down at my ankles and they were no longer there!» —“Fabulous fankles” by emma0 Babe (Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) Feb. 3, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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