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.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/topic/41002/verklemptRSS for NodeSun, 14 Jun 2026 02:18:04 GMTWed, 12 Apr 2017 09:35:16 GMT60When 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]

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/327972https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/327972Sat, 12 Dec 2020 22:14:01 GMTFake Yiddish for overcome with emotion -- from the Linda Richman skits on Saturday Night Live

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/100410https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/100410Fri, 12 Feb 2021 03:34:02 GMTThe state of being overcome with either to many, or not enough, choices such as; frozen; overwhelmed; unable to think.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/100409https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/100409Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:24:49 GMTbeing overcome with emotion, usually not of joy, but rather emotions that hurt. As an emotional heartache.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/100408https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/100408Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:24:49 GMTChoked with emotion - as though the throat were clamped. Often a result of [schmaltz].

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/100407https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/100407Tue, 05 Jan 2021 08:55:02 GMTExtremely emotional. On the verge of tears.

]]>https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/100406https://definedictionarymeaning.com/post/100406Thu, 20 Apr 2017 11:24:48 GMTOvercome with emotion / gobsmacked
also spelled verklemmt

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