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I've seen it twice today. I thought it means uptight...In germany it was also used to mean someone who was too uptight to put out. :huh:
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I'm thinking Mike Myers on Coffee Talk and that was portrayed as getting choked up, it seemed.
eta: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.p ... =verklempt
1. verklempt 220 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.
by Jennifer Zeisz Dec 26, 2005 email it
2. verklempt 62 up, 25 down
Overcome with emotion / gobsmacked
also spelled verklemmt
"Now I am strating To get Verklempt !!!" Says Barbra Streisand during her 1994 US tour
by C-Na Omid Jul 28, 2004 email it
3. verklempt 41 up, 21 down
Extremely emotional. On the verge of tears.
"I'm so verklempt. I am so upset over Andy Pettite leaving the Yankees that I must go out for a very unhealthy, fattening, expensive lunch."
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Yeah, I was thinking Mike Meyers as well (doing an impression of his mil).Who uses a machete to cut through red tape
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You missed that Kris!!??? The Golden Years of SNL! I loved that sketch. It's Classic.Peggy
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Mike Myers and Dana Carvey-
Skit was called Coffee Talk OR
"Cawfee Tawlk"
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Yeah, when I see "dawkter" I always imagine it being said in Mike Meyer's voice for Cawfee Tawlk.
Who uses a machete to cut through red tape
With fingernails that shine like justice
And a voice that is dark like tinted glassComment
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I have never seen it.
~Mom of 5, married to an ID doc
~A Rolling Stone Gathers No MossComment
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Are there two different words being talked about here? When I read the subject title I assumed it was someone referring to verklempt, but misspelling it. It's Yiddish, and it means (I believe) getting all worked up / emotional. The word / meaning Kris was referring to could just be an entirely different word.Comment
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Both spellings are on the definition. Yiddish is a stones' throw from German anyway.
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http://www.angelfire.com/tv2/coffeetalk/
It's got some of the more famous lines but I can't find any snippets for Kris to see.
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Here's a clip!
http://www.nbc.com/Saturday_Night_Live/video/#mea=2835
they're like buttah!
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You'd love it! They really like Madonna!Originally posted by PrincessFionaI have never seen it.
I forgot about the buttah....Who uses a machete to cut through red tape
With fingernails that shine like justice
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The German would be "verklemmt" like Kris has it, but the Yiddish would be in the Hebrew alphabet, so you'd have to transliterate it into "ferklemt."Originally posted by *Lily*I was using the Yiddish term, although I likely spelled it wrong (does Yiddish actually have a correct way to spell it? Since it's half-Hebrew, I'm never sure...). I was using it to express overly emotional.
No big whoop.
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