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CHUTZPAH — [Noun] Utter audacity or gall, especially of a kind that is brazenly self-confident and often insolent. From Yiddish חוצפּה (khutspe), from Aramaic חוּצְפָּא (ḥuṣpā, “audacity, boldness”), from the root חֲצַף (ḥăṣap̄, “to be impudent, arrogant”). Unlike effrontery, which suggests a pale, offensive disrespect, or temerity, which implies a reckless folly, chutzpah is nerve with a glint in its eye—defiance polished to a sharp edge. It is the pickpocket who sues his victim for emotional distress, the entrepreneur who pitches a half-formed idea to the most demanding investor, and the defendant who, having murdered his parents, pleads for mercy as an orphan. A performance so grand in its insolence that it briefly suspends the gravity of consequence.