Vocabularium

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chutzpah (chutz·pah): / KHOOT spuh | HOOT spuh /
noun

(1) exceptional self-confidence; bold audacity; unrelenting nerve; courage bordering on arrogance
(2) unmitigated impudence; insolent gall; unadulterated effrontery

[Via Yiddish khutspa (also khutspe) from Aramaic (Mishnaic Hebrew) huspa, from Aramaic hasap meaning “to be insolent.”]

Usage: She had a lot of chutzpah to walk in here and demand an audience after the impertinent tirade she threw earlier.

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