Showing posts with label chutzpah. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chutzpah. Show all posts

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Word of the Day

Another busy morning, Lhay popped up again in my IM and gave me a link to this word:

chutz·pa

Audio Help /ˈxʊtspə, ˈhʊt-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[khoot-spuh, hoot-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun Slang.
1. unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
2. audacity; nerve.
Also, chutzpah, hutzpa, hutzpah.
[Origin: 1890–95; <>

Source:
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2006.