Chutzpah

Chutzpah (/ˈhʊtspə/ or /ˈxʊtspə/) is the quality of audacity, for good or for bad. The Yiddish word derives from the Hebrew word ḥutspâ (חֻצְפָּה), meaning "insolence", "cheek" or "audacity". The modern English usage of the word has taken on a broader meaning, having been popularized through vernacular use in film, literature, and television. The word is sometimes interpreted—particularly in business parlance—as meaning the amount of courage, mettle or ardor that an individual has. However, in more traditional usage, chutzpah has a negative connotation.

Etymology

In Hebrew, chutzpah is used indignantly, to describe someone who has overstepped the boundaries of accepted behavior. In traditional usage, the word expresses a strong sense of disapproval, condemnation and outrage.

Leo Rosten in The Joys of Yiddish defines chutzpah as "gall, brazen nerve, effrontery, incredible 'guts', presumption plus arrogance such as no other word and no other language can do justice to". In this sense, chutzpah expresses both strong disapproval and condemnation. In the same work, Rosten also defined the term as "that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is an orphan". 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. The implication is at least some degree of psychopathy in the subject, as well as the awestruck amazement of the observer at the display.

¡Chutzpah!

¡Chutzpah! is the eighth studio album by The Wildhearts. Recorded in Denmark with producer Jacob Hansen, it was released in Europe on 31 August 2009 and in the USA on September 1, 2009. Unlike previous releases where the songs were performed in E tuning, the instruments are tuned to C.

Track listing

Japanese Track Listing

A bonus mini album entitled ¡Chutzpah! Jnr. was released in December 2009 exclusively to attendees of the band's December 2009 tour, containing the bonus tracks from the Japanese version of ¡Chutzpah! and several other unreleased tracks. ¡Chutzpah! Jnr. is now available at retail as a stand-alone album release.

Credits

  • Ginger – guitar, vocals
  • C.J – guitar, vocals
  • Ritch Battersby – drums, vocals
  • Scott Sorry – bass, vocals
  • Chutzpah (disambiguation)

    Chutzpah is a Hebrew term for audacity or nerve.

    Chutzpah may also refer to:

  • ¡Chutzpah!, an album by The Wildhearts
  • Chutzpah Magazine, a national print and online magazine; see Chinese science fiction
  • Chutzpah!, a book by Alan Dershowitz
  • See also

  • Chutzpah a Go-Go, a stage musical comedy
  • Beyond Chutzpah, a book by Norman Finkelstein
  • Podcasts:

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    Chutzpah!

    by: Wildhearts

    There's a fever in the cabin
    There's a devil in the garden
    A shark fin in the brainwaves
    Stopping anything starting
    Grey skies fight and the sun dies shining
    Then the telephone rings with a silver lining
    Take me out, take me out tonight
    Get me hooked in good and stick the wheels on tight
    Take me out, take me out tonight
    'Cause when the light has gone
    Just a whole lot of shakes going on
    Yeah
    If I can wait a little longer
    If I can keep on believing
    Just a location and a number
    Is all the intel I'll be needing
    Where the lights are bright and the girls are smiling
    Where it sounds so good it'll stop me thinking
    Take me out, take me out tonight
    Get me hooked in good and stick the wheels on tight
    Take me out, take me out tonight
    'Cause when the light has gone
    Just a whole lot of shakes going on
    Grey skies fight and the sun dies shining
    Then the telephone rings with a silver lining
    Where the lights are bright and the girls are smiling
    Where it sounds so good it'll stop me thinking
    Just a whole lot of shakes going on
    Just a whole lot of shakes going on
    Just a whole lot of shakes going on
    Just a whole lot of shakes going on




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