Monday, August 13, 2007

verklempt

Was chatting with Nicole today and learned a new word: verklempt.
She was surprised I did not know what it meant since the word is Yuiddish :)

Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English
verklempt
Part of Speech: adj
Definition: overcome with emotion; clenched; also written ferklempt
Etymology: Yiddish

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Anonymous said...

First and only time I've heard "verklempt" was from Saturday Night Live on "Coffee Talk with Linda Richman"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njE8fVHBUmY

8/29/2007

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