Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Word of the day - with an example

chutz⋅pa

  [khoot-spuh, hoot-]
–noun Slang.
1.unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
2.audacity; nerve.
An example.  Steven Harper displayed an astounding amount of chutzpah when he said:
this government has behaved responsibly and the other party, the other leader, has absolutely no moral compass.
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4 comments:

Quixotique said...

Ha! What a kevetch.

Quixotique said...

oops! kvetch

Constant Vigilance said...

Yu can quote Cervantes at will and speak Yiddish.

I feel so unworthy.

Constant Vigilance said...

I can mis-type pretty badly as well.