Monday, September 19, 2005
Can Legs Ever Be Akimbo?
The official answer is no. Never. Can't happen. That is because the word akimbo, strictly speaking, may only refer to a position of the arms where the hands are placed on the hips and bent outward at the elbows. But you will find reference to limbs other than arms being akimbo mentioned with abandon in many well respected works of literature and non-fiction. I heard it used with reference to legs on the radio the other day. In this way the term akimbo has come to mean any part of the body that is askew, splayed, bent at a joint, or otherwise angled in some way.
