chutzpah or chutzpa

๐Ÿ“– Definitions

noun

Shameless boldness; brazen nerve; gall.

๐Ÿ’ฌ Usage Examples

โ€œโ€˜So the place that eschewed masks for months and organized mass rallies and White House superspreader events is going to vaccinate their staffers before we can vaccinate all of our first responders? Thatโ€™s some serious chutzpah,โ€™ tweeted Jonathan Reiner, professor of medicine and surgery at George Washington University.โ€ David Jackson; Trump, Pence, Congress, Justices Will Be Offered Vaccine in Coming Days; USA Today; (McLean, Virginia); Dec 15, 2020. โ€œโ€˜I wrote, and the House passed, the toughest election security reform bill to date, which then died in the Senate at Mitch McConnellโ€™s hands,โ€™ Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, said in an email. โ€˜It takes a special kind of chutzpah to block every single bill to make our elections more secure and then question the legitimacy of this election.โ€™โ€ Nicole Perlroth; Election Security Experts Push Back Against Trumpโ€™s Voter Fraud Claims; The New York Times; Nov 17, 2020.
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