Benchmarks For Iraqis? Now That's Chutzpah

Benchmarks For Iraqis? Now That's Chutzpah
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Chutzpah according to Wikipedia is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The word derives from the Yiddish chutzpah (חוצפה). This, in turn, derived from the Hebrew word ḥuṣpâ (חֻצְפָּה), meaning "insolence," "audacity," and "impertinence"; though, by now, the English, usage of the word has taken on a wider spectrum of meaning, having been popularized through vernacular use, film, literature, and television.

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