Chutzpah

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(idea) by espertus (?) (print) ? 1 C! I like it! Sat Nov 13 1999 at 9:11:29

A Yiddish term, classically defined as: When someone found guilty of murdering his parents pleads for mercy on the grounds that he is an orphan.

When a software company charges you for an upgrade to fix their bug, that's chutzpah.

(thing) by Anacreon (2 mon) (print) ? I like it! Wed May 31 2000 at 9:25:59

The word is originally Hebrew, in which it means simply impudence, impertinence.

(thing) by Lith (1.9 y) (print) ? I like it! Sun Aug 13 2000 at 17:23:57

Gall, impudence, brazen assurance. The "ch" is a guttural sound pronounced like the "ch" in bach. Sounds like one trying to cough up phlegm for a brief moment.

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cojones	chu-words	Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!	Schadenfreude
Yiddish	Saddam's gift to America	You call that philosophy?	Impudence
The Evil Overlord list	western esoteric tradition	Don't force your not forcing one's philosophy on others philosophy on me	There's a sucker born every minute
Finding a bathroom in New York City	How years of imposed political correctness have affected my perception of people	Gall	Impertinence
Words that are supposedly untranslatable	Trekking in Nepal: Jiri to Namche Bazaar	Editor Log: November 2004	Haiti
Gopinath	Moxie	body modification	phlegm

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