Verklempt
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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. -
Overcome with emotion / gobsmacked
also spelled verklemmt -
Extremely emotional. On the verge of tears.
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Choked with emotion - as though the throat were clamped. Often a result of [schmaltz].
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being overcome with emotion, usually not of joy, but rather emotions that hurt. As an emotional heartache.
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The state of being overcome with either to many, or not enough, choices such as; frozen; overwhelmed; unable to think.
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Fake Yiddish for overcome with emotion -- from the Linda Richman skits on Saturday Night Live
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When u starting a business and u are [choosing] the name and call it a track name of your [ex-boyfriend]. That’s when u are [VERKLEMPT]
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