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The term 'double-jointed' is a little misleading. People who can do strange things with their body parts don't necessarily have extra joints, but rather joints which rotate or allow movement that is more extreme than most people can manage. A dictionary definition of double-jointedness makes it clear: it is " having unusually flexible joints that can bend in unusual ways or to abnormally great extent."
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People who are “double jointed” have the same amount of joints as anyone else, but the ligaments in their bodies are particularly spongy, which allows these people to bend themselves in unique, (and often GROSS) manners. It has NOTHING to do with thier actual joints.
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I have observed a person actually moving a finger out of its regular location and seating it slightly off in a second stable position without apparent discomfort. I think it is possible to have this kind of "double joint" in other places. The second location is dramatically inferior in performance, but this phenomenon is one possible meaning of the phrase.
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