Definition of farklempt

farklempt    

adjective

• overcome with emotion (usually sadness). Possible from Yiddish. Became mainstream as a result of a Saturday Night Live (SNL) skit with Mike Myers called "Coffee Talk."

  Oh, I'm getting a little farklempt! Talk amongst yourselves!

  • See more words with the same meaning: to be sad, disappointed.

  Last edited on Dec 06 2015. Submitted by Emily M. from UC Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA on Jan 13 1998.

notes

• Also spelled verklempt.

  Last edited on Jul 05 2018. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 04 2018.

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Other terms relating to 'to be sad, disappointed':
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blargh	Definitions include: exclamation of unhappiness.
in the dumps	Definitions include: feeling sad or depressed.
bum	Definitions include: to be sad.
boo	Definitions include: anything, in speech.
junk	Definitions include: male genitalia.
(one's) heart is crying	Definitions include: to be sad.
soul-sucking	Definitions include: causing depression.
watered	Definitions include: to feel sad, hurt, low.
bollocks	Definitions include: "Bollocks" is also the present tense and plural form of bollock.
wreck	Definitions include: to severely beat up or injure.
bummer days	Definitions include: phrase acknowledging or expressing sadness.
piss	Definitions include: expression of dismay; "bummer".
bomb	Definitions include: good; excellent; "cool".
burst (one's) bubble	Definitions include: to disappoint.
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