[PW] Veklempt?

[Newton Steve (DOS)]

As far as I can tell, no, but I'm not sure.  I'll ask my wife.

Steve

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Of Roberta Gerber
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 9:38 AM
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Should the spelling be verklempt?

>From urbandictionary.com:

verklempt  235 up, 17 down  
 
 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.



Roberta Gerber
ILS Specialist
Rockford Public Library
215 N. Wyman St.
Rockford, IL 61101
Phone: (815) 966-2718 FAX: (815) 965-0866
rgerber at rockfordpubliclibrary.org

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Subject: [PW] Veklempt?

Folks,

 

My wife asked me this so it is sort of life and death.

 

What does the word 'Veklempt' mean?

 

I googled and found many uses but no obvious consistency and definitely
no definition.

 

Steve Newton

Delaware Division of Libraries

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