doleful moo of a cow: You can sort of see it—"inhibited" vs "choked up" which does also mean you can't speak, you're stuck, etc. a much different valence but a related idea

stumbled onto this lynda Barry comic again which always makes me a little verklempt

what has the word "verklempt" to do with this comic? i´m german and "verklempt" means someone is prude. its also a rather old word no one really uses anymore.

In Yiddish it means (roughly) "overcome with emotion", guessing that's what they mean. Funny that the meaning in German isn't at all similar though.

You can sort of see it—"inhibited" vs "choked up" which does also mean you can't speak, you're stuck, etc. a much different valence but a related idea

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