Associations to the word «Chutzpah»

Wiktionary

CHUTZPAH, noun. (slang) Nearly arrogant courage; utter audacity, effrontery or impudence; supreme self-confidence; exaggerated self-opinion;

Dictionary definition

CHUTZPAH, noun. (Yiddish) unbelievable gall; insolence; audacity.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope