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You should be careful in the way that you use the word 'Chutzpah'—in English people usually use it to mean ballsiness, but in Yiddish it still means impudence,
by crux 17y ago
You should be careful in the way that you use the word 'Chutzpah'—in English people usually use it to mean ballsiness, but in Yiddish it still means impudence, affrontery, gall. Not a good quality. I don't know about modern Israeli but given its negative cognates I wouldn't be surprised if it is still not a nice thing to accuse someone of there, too.