Definitions

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  • adjective showing chutzpah; not showing due respect; impudent; impertinent; brazen

Etymologies

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From Yiddish חוצפּהדיק (khutspedik), from חוצפּה (khutspe, "chutzpah").

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Examples

  • Econ nerds who find that galling and even to use a technical term chutzpadik may enjoy this little news item, also from Konczal.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: Debit Card Sharps: The Fight Over Wall Street's 'Invisible Tax' RJ 2011

  • Econ nerds who find that galling and even to use a technical term chutzpadik may enjoy this little news item, also from Konczal.

    Richard (RJ) Eskow: Debit Card Sharps: The Fight Over Wall Street's 'Invisible Tax' RJ 2011

  • The chutzpadik manner in which Google has gone about this is breathtaking, and indeed what they have done so far is, in my opinion, already infringing, that is the copying of the books even without making them available.

    B2fxxx 2005

  • "The idea, communicated in these ads, that America is no place for a proper Jew, and that a Jew who is concerned about the Jewish future should live in Israel, is archaic, and also chutzpadik, if you don't mind me resorting to the vernacular," Mr. Goldberg said.

    NYT > Global Home By ISABEL KERSHNER 2011

  • "The idea, communicated in these ads, that America is no place for a proper Jew, and that a Jew who is concerned about the Jewish future should live in Israel, is archaic, and also chutzpadik, if you don't mind me resorting to the vernacular," Mr. Goldberg said.

    NYT > Home Page By ISABEL KERSHNER 2011

  • "The idea, communicated in these ads, that America is no place for a proper Jew, and that a Jew who is concerned about the Jewish future should live in Israel, is archaic, and also chutzpadik, if you don't mind me resorting to the vernacular," Mr. Goldberg said.

    NYT > Home Page By ISABEL KERSHNER 2011

  • "The idea, communicated in these ads, that America is no place for a proper Jew, and that a Jew who is concerned about the Jewish future should live in Israel, is archaic, and also chutzpadik, if you don't mind me resorting to the vernacular," Mr. Goldberg said.

    NYT > Home Page By ISABEL KERSHNER 2011

  • It is as hypocritical, as chutzpadik, as his essay is absurd.

    The Australian | News | 2009

  • I always thought we had elected a chutzpadik head of state or should that be government.

    The Australian | News | 2009

  • Nevertheless, I'll respond to the substance of your comments even though I find it chutzpadik for you to bring up the Holocaust (when it's half of my family that was turned into soap and lampshades).

    newmatilda.com - Comments 2009

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