verklempt

verklempt
1. (verklempt) (662↑, 141↓)
Verklempt - choked with emotion (German verklemmt = emotionally inhibited in a convulsive way) This is not FAKE Yiddish - unless you are one of the linguists who consider Yiddish a "fake", i.e. non-transformational language.

OY, vey. When that schmuck of a doctor told me I had cancer I got all verklempt.

2. (verklempt) (207↑, 125↓)
Overcome with emotion / gobsmacked also spelled verklemmt

"Now I am strating To get Verklempt \!\!\!" Says Barbra Streisand during her 1994 US tour

3. (verklempt) (142↑, 92↓)
Extremely emotional. On the verge of tears.

"I'm so verklempt. I am so upset over Andy Pettite leaving the Yankees that I must go out for a very unhealthy, fattening, expensive lunch."

4. (verklempt) (70↑, 27↓)
Verklempt (adj) — choked with emotion (German verklemmt = emotionally inhibited in a convulsive way; stuck)[farklempt, ferklempt]Too emotional to talk. Ready to cry.

Whenever Linda would get upset, she would put her hand on her chest and say "I'm all verklempt" or "I'm a little verklempt"

5. (verklempt) (59↑, 65↓)
being overcome with emotion, usually not of joy, but rather emotions that hurt. As an emotional heartache.

My neighbors house and mine are a total loss, the whole thing's left me so verklempt...

6. (verklempt) (42↑, 50↓)
Choked with emotion - as though the throat were *clamped*. Often a result of [schmaltz].

The movie's farewell scene left me feeling [verklempt].

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7. (verklempt) (12↑, 20↓)
1. Broken down, unusable, `gornisht helfn.' 2. Overcome with emotion, choked up.

Gaia's Instant Messenger is verklempt. "Nu? Ayn lid gezingt un dikh tzu verklempt?"

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8. (verklempt) (165↑, 224↓)
Fake Yiddish for "overcome with emotion" -- from the "Linda Richman" skits on "Saturday Night Live"

I saw Sally Field with the Oscar. Oy, I was all verklempt.

9. (verklempt) (28↑, 113↓)
The state of being overcome with either to many, or not enough, choices such as; frozen; overwhelmed; unable to think.

While trying to think of a birthday present for my in-laws, I was just verklempt\!

Related: choked up, farklempt, ferklempt, gobsmacked, swoon
Last updated: 2012.03.01

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