Chutzpah
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unmitigated effrontery or impudence; gall.
audacity; nerve. -
bloody cheek with a real nerve
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daring do, balls, bravery
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boldness, especially of an arrogant sort (From Hebrew and/or Yiddish)
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Old joke about the kid who killed his parents and then pleaded for mercy in court because he was an orphan.
(taken from Digital Filmmaking 101 book by Dale Newton and Josh Gaspard, page 31) -
n. irrepressible gall, e.g., that exhibited by one who would dream of owning the intellectual property rights to the contents of own ungiven eulogy.
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Chutzpah amounts to a total denial of personal responsibility, that renders others speechless and incredulous, one cannot quite believe that another person totally lacks common human traits like remorse, regret, guilt, sympathy and insight.
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Extreme self-confidence or audacity (usually used approvingly)
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unusual and shocking behaviour, involving taking risks but not feeling guilty
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