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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 langu…

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  1. 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.