chutzpa

or chutz·pah, hutz·pa, hutz·pah

[ hoot-spuh, khoot- ]

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nounSlang.

unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall: He had the chutzpa to threaten to sue the people who caught him cheating.
bold self-confidence; daring: He got his first article published through sheer chutzpa while working as a telephone operator for a news agency.

Origin of chutzpa

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First recorded in 1890–95; from Yiddish khutspa, from Aramaic ḥūṣpā

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How to use chutzpa in a sentence

You have such chutzpa about everything in your life but you do have an issue about saying your age.
Joy Behar's New Point of View | Kevin Sessums | May 12, 2010 | THE DAILY BEAST

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