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Walking like dignity is optional and balance is a group project.
means To walk with short steps and a rocking, side-to-side motion, the way ducks and overstuffed humans do.
from From the 16th-century English wade plus the verb ending -le, marking a repeated action — so literally to keep wading, the gait of someone perpetually crossing a stream.
Duck physicsShort legs set far back force the iconic sway.
Energy mythPenguin waddling is surprisingly efficient, not wasteful.
Pregnancy slangLate-term humans famously inherit the duck gait.