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Dec. 17, 2014
Word of the Day

chutzpa Audio Pronunciation
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\KHOOT-spuh, HOOT-\
noun
1. Slang. unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
2. Slang. audacity; nerve.
Quotes
"That's chutzpa," Levy said admiringly, "pure, unadulterated chutzpa." "What's chutzpa?" "Yiddish for gall, nerve, arrogance—whatever…"
-- Howard Fast, The Immigrants, 1977
Origin
Chutzpa came to English from Yiddish in the 1890s. This term is ultimately derived from the Aramaic ḥūṣpā.
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