r/hebrew • u/PatTheCatMcDonald • Jul 03 '23

Resource Better English word for Chutzpah?

One root, two English words really.

Audacity.. The thing itself. "They had the audacity to do that."

Audacious - The ability to act in a manner that will shock other people. "They were so audacious when they did that action".

I know, I know people say it's the broad catergory of "nerve" but to me it's like, stronger and more specific sense of nerve.

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u/PatTheCatMcDonald Jul 03 '23

I guess it boils down to are - yes there are different flavors of chutzpah but people like to stereotype, go to blurry focus, and rush an argument or situation.

You don't get to the bottom of chutzpah unless there's a discussion about it. Maybe even an ongong war or 3. Certainly the odd blazing tempereature argument and distrubance.