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so here's another website conundrum:
hits have been up about 25% this week at the wwftd site, and while it's not unusual to have wild fluctuations due to new links, this spike seems to have been largely due to a run on two specific words: verklempt and wanker. most of these hits have come via OneLook with a few googles as well, but what I haven't been able to discern is the cause of it all. has anyone seen these used in the news or at other word-a-day sites within the last week?
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I put the word into the IE address box and searched. It found "about 1383" listings. I didn't feel like looking through the entire list (!), but I noticed on the first page that it has come up on a Lycos finance board twice recently: March 28th and April 2nd. http://search.msn.com/results.aspx?srch=105&FORM=AS5&q=verklempt
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I'd venture an answer, tsuwm, but my wanker is all verklempt...sorry. (talk amongst yourselves for awhile...)
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formerly known as etaoin...
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What is the origin of verklempt, please? Dutch, maybe?
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What is the origin of verklempt, please? Dutch, maybe?
Yiddish, I believe.
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Stricture of male urethra? Late Neisserian nicety?
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