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chutzpah |ˈhoŏtspə; ˈ kh oŏtspə; -spä| (also chutzpa or hutzpah or hutzpa)
- n., informal
meaning: shameless audacity; impudence.
ORIGIN late 19th cent.: Yiddish, from Aramaic ḥu ṣpā.
SYNONYMS: nerve, ballsiness, gumption (see The Holiday)

From reading Prayer by Philip Yancey, page 93.