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chutzpa

or ³¦³ó³Ü³Ù³ú·±è²¹³ó, ³ó³Ü³Ù³ú·±è²¹, ³ó³Ü³Ù³ú·±è²¹³ó

[ hoot-spuh, khoot- ]

noun

Slang.
  1. unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall:

    He had the chutzpa to threaten to sue the people who caught him cheating.

  2. bold self-confidence; daring:

    He got his first article published through sheer chutzpa while working as a telephone operator for a news agency.



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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of chutzpa1

First recorded in 1890–95; from Yiddish khutspa, from Aramaic ḥūṣ±èÄå
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Hamler said he atoned for his drop because he has that short memory that cornerbacks have and the chutzpa that undrafted, overlooked players possess.

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Forgotten, though, is the chutzpa behind them, a chutzpa that has been a gift to a sport that’s prone to vanilla-ness.

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Who dares to get inside the very heads of strangers, who has the chutzpa to project thoughts and feelings into the minds of others, who steals their very souls?

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Moshe Maoz, an expert on Syria at Israel's Hebrew University, said the prime minister's tough stand was "an affront and chutzpa" to the international community.

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Most people can’t use this because of bone density, the need to live near a hospital and you have to have a certain amount of chutzpa, which he has.â€

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