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This is number 1,109. Oh boy, we got a great word.
Actually it's not a good word.
It's a bad word and I'm doing it because my son, Mikey, this morning, he was clammy.
We don't like that. We don't like it when Mikey is clammy.
We don't like it when anyone is clammy.
I don't want to know that you are clammy.
Clammy, the spelling, C-L-A-M-M-Y.
Do you know what a clam is, C-L-A-M from the ocean or a lake or a river.
There's a clam, you know, the shell.
You can open a shell and inside there's that meat basically.
You can eat it if you want.
Clammy comes from that word, clam.
I'll explain exactly what it means after you check out the dialogue.
Mom, mom, mom. Are you feeling okay?
Not really. Let me see. Oh, you are clammy.
Let's get you a blanket and some water.
Oh yeah, so this dialogue maybe explains what clammy means.
Do you understand it? It's bad.
It means you're feeling sick.
But what kind of feeling is it exactly?
So once again, let's go to the ocean or to a lake or even a river and you see a shell, right?
And if we break open the shell, that's not nice.
But if we do that inside, there's meat.
It's like a muscle, right?
And if we touch, that's a clam.
If we open the clam and we see that meat and if we touch it, it feels a little slippery.
It feels a little wet. It feels a little like skin, right?
Is it hot? No, it's cool.
So it's kind of wet and cool.
And this is the idea if somebody is feeling clammy.
When we put our hand on their forehead or on their cheek or on their neck, it feels like we're touching a clam.
And that feeling is not that good.
And it means the person is probably sick.
They're not feeling well.
So we need to get them warm, give them a blanket, give them some water, maybe give them some food.
I don't know. I don't know what to do.
But this morning, Mikey was feeling clammy.
And mom is always great.
She takes care of them and gets them all warm.
She turned off the air conditioners of the house as a little bit warmer.
And I was dying and Jimmy was dying.
But Mikey was feeling clammy.
So we had to keep him nice and warm so he could get better.
And right now it's in the evening and he's feeling great.
He's feeling too good, in fact.
He's very loud and misbehaving.
But that's better than being clammy.
I hope you're not clammy.
Are you feeling well? I hope so.
We don't like it when we are feeling clammy.
C-L-A-M-M-Y. It's a great adjective to describe a person who when you touch their skin, it feels a little moist, a little, not wet, but you can feel a little bit of moisture, but it's cool.
And that's not the way your skin is supposed to feel.
So you know if you're feeling clammy, then you're probably a little sick.
So get well. That's today's expression.
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Mom. Mom. Mom. Mom. Are you feeling okay?
Not really. Let me see. Oh, you are clammy.
Let's get you a blanket and some water.
Mom. Mom. Mom. Are you feeling okay?
Not really. Let me see. Oh, you are clammy.
