What is the meaning of the Hebrew word 'Chutzpah'? - Quora

Answer (1 of 4): Chutzpah חוצפה is a Hebrew word meaning extreme nerve or cheek. The ch can be pronounced something like ch is Scottish loch. The word is Hebrew but is used a lot in Yiddish, too. A classic example of chutzpah, told to me by my late father, is the case of a man who murders his mot

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How did the Hebrew/Yiddish word 'chutzpah' come to mean brazen or cheeky when the Arabic root word means 'sound judgement'? Is this a case of sarcasm taking on a larger life?

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