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chutzpah

/ˈhʊtspə/

noun
- 1. extreme self-confidence or audacity: informal "love him or hate him, you have to admire Cohen's chutzpah"
Word Origin late 19th century: Yiddish, from Aramaic ḥu ṣpā.
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Chutzpah
Quality of audacity, of Yiddish origin into English
Chutzpah is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. A close English equivalent is sometimes "hubris". The word derives from the Hebrew ḥuṣpāh (חֻצְפָּה ), meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity". Thus, the original Yiddish word has a strongly negative connotation, but the form which entered English as a Yiddishism in American English has taken on a broader meaning, having been popularized... Wikipedia
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