Meanings
- informalpluralplural onlyKnee wrinkles.First known use 2011
Even super-fit stars such a Demi Moore, 51, right, and Catherine Zeta Jones, 44, left, can't avoid kninkles
2014 February 25, Katy Winter, “No more kninkles (that's knee wrinkles): Now there's a $500 lunchtime lift that promises to banish that saggy skin”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 25 Apr 20244 more examples
My sister called me last night and declared she has "kninkles" (knee wrinkles)...oh the things that happen to your body as you get older...
2011 April 21, @bobfm, Twitter, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024Photos of her in Venice in a pair of shorts at the weekend appeared to show that the Hollywood actress — 39 this month — is suffering from knee wrinkles, or ‘kninkles’, as they’ve been nicknamed.
2011 September 6, Claire Coleman, “Curse of the KNINKLES: That's knee wrinkles... and Gwyneth's not the only star who's got them”, in Daily Mail, archived from the original on 22 Jul 2024Radio-frequency treatments are often used on the face to tighten slack skin and can work wonders on kninkles. "They deliver energy into the dermal tissue," explains Dr Bowler. "This heats the tissue, causing the collagen to tighten and, over time, to produce more collagen."
2011 September 7, Claire Coleman, “Ugly knees: The curse of the kninkles”, in The Courier-Mail, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024Catherine Zeta-Jones, Cher and Sharon Stone have been called out for “kninkles,” or knee wrinkles — and Demi Moore is rumored to have had an $8,000 knee-lift in 2012 to firm and smooth saggy knees.
2015 July 27, Merle Ginsberg, “Hollywood’s Knee Anxiety: Ironing Out Those “Kninkles””, in The Hollywood Reporter, archived from the original on 25 Apr 2024
Origin
Blend of knee + wrinkles. Itself a modification of ninkles, which was coined by Emily Sheffield. Kninkles appeared shortly after ninkles, but only kninkles became generally accepted.
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