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To: Slings and Arrows
I ran “chutzpah” through Google’s translator, and ended up with fàngsì (放肆) which literally means “presumptuousness”.
12 posted on 04/21/2013 12:23:47 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

That’s close, but it kind of understates the case. The classic example of “chutzpah” is the man who kills both his parents, and then begs the court’s mercy because he’s an orphan.


15 posted on 04/21/2013 12:34:51 AM PDT by Slings and Arrows (You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
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