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Chutzpah is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The word derives from the Hebrew word ḥuṣpâ (חֻצְפָּה), meaning "insolence," "audacity," and "impertinence"; though the modern English usage of the word has taken on a wider spectrum of meaning, having been popularized through vernacular use, film, literature, and television. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
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In Hebrew, chutzpah is used indignantly, to describe someone who has over-stepped the boundaries of accepted behavior with no shame. But in Yiddish and English, chutzpah has developed ambivalent and even positive connotations. Chutzpah can be used to express admiration for non-conformist but gutsy audacity. One common English adaptation of "chutzpah" is "hoodspa," which has a mostly positive connotation. Leo Rosten in The Joys of Yiddish defines chutzpah as "gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible 'guts,' presumption plus arrogance such as no other word and no other language can do justice to." In this sense, chutzpah expresses both strong disapproval and a grudging admiration. Leo Calvin Rosten (April 11, 1908–February 19, 1997) was born on 11 April 1908 in Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland) and died on 19 February 1997 in New York. ...
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One example given of the ultimate of chutzpah is: "A boy, having just been convicted of murdering his parents, begs the judge for leniency because he is an orphan."[1]
Related terms in Hebrew are khatsuf (חצוף) and khatsufah (חצופֿה), which mean an "impudent man" and an "impudent woman," respectively. “Hebrew†redirects here. ...
Alan Dershowitz entitled his bestselling book of essays Chutzpah. Norman Finkelstein titled his book responding to Dershowitz's claims on Israel Beyond Chutzpah. [2] Alan Morton Dershowitz (born September 1, 1938) is an American political figure and criminal law professor at Harvard Law School known for his extensive published works, career as an attorney in several high-profile law cases, and commentary on the Arab-Israeli conflict. ...
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Leo Stoller controversially claims to own a trademark on the word. [3] Some of the claimed famous trademarks in Stollers Rentamark. ...
Judge Alex Kozinski and Eugene Volokh in an article entitled Lawsuit Shmawsuit, note the rise in use of Yiddish words in legal opinion. They note that chutzpah has been used 231 in legal opinions, with all but eleven of those after 1980.[1] Judge Alex Kozinski Judge Alex Kozinski (born July 23, 1950) is a judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and a popular essayist. ...
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References - ^ a b Kozinski, Alex; Eugene Volokh (1993). "Lawsuit Shmawsuit". Yale Law Journal 103: 463. Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- ^ Wiener, Jon. "Giving Chutzpah New Meaning", The Nation, 2005-07-11. Retrieved on 2007-06-24.
- ^ Moynihan, Colin. "He Says He Owns the Word 'Stealth' (Actually, He Claims 'Chutzpah,' Too)", The New York Times, 2005-07-04. Retrieved on 2007-06-24. “Through Rentamark, Mr. Stoller offers licensing agreements for other words he says he owns and controls, such as bootlegger, hoax and chutzpah, and sells t-shirts and other merchandise through what the Web site calls its "stealth mall."”
- ^ Schmitt, Richard B., James Gerstenzang. "Bush aide derides Clinton 'chutzpah' on Libby criticism", Los Angeles Times, 2007-07-06. Retrieved on 2007-07-06. (English) “The White House challenged criticism from the Clintons directed at President Bush for commuting the prison sentence Monday of former vice presidential aide Lewis "Scooter" Libby.”
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