CHUTZPAH is a Yiddish word meaning impudence or unmitigated gall, sheer guts plus arrogance, bravery that borders on rudeness. If you have chutzpah, you say what you think without worrying about hurting someone’s feelings, looking silly, or getting into trouble — what American comedy used to be before the woke ideology of the Left ruined everything.
In the Joys of Yiddish, Leo Rosten gives the classic definition: “Chutzpah is that quality enshrined in a man who, having killed both his mother and father, throws himself on the mercy of the court because he is now an orphan.”
CASE IN POINT:
A little old lady sold pretzels on a street corner for 25 cents each.
Every day a young man left his office building at lunch time, and as he passed the pretzel stand, he left a quarter, but never took a pretzel. This continued for over 3 years.
The young man and the old lady never exchanged a word.
One day, as the young man passed the old lady’s stand and left his quarter as usual, the pretzel lady spoke to him for the first time.
Without blinking an eye she said: “They’re 35 cents now.”
h/t Larry A
Mario says
Chutzpah. Defecating in someone’s doorway and ringing the bell asking for toilet paper.
BareNakedIslam says
No, that’s not.
Siddi Nasrani says
A beggar decides to try his luck in Jewish area of town, an old woman comes
towards him, he says ” Please can I have some money because I have not eaten for 3 days” She says Go On force yourself.
Classy Infidel says
How about “Oh! You eat money?”
sixlittlerabbits says
LOLROTF at the old lady’s chutzpah! At Hunter College High School, I was one of 5 Christians in my official class of 28; everyone else was Jewish. Love this humor–it’s also so New York.
BareNakedIslam says
Indeed!
Linda Rivera says
Wow! Disgusting, UNGRATEFUL woman!
BareNakedIslam says
Linda, it’s a joke!
VMS says
And an old one at that! You can tell by the price of the pretzels. And in one of my Jewish humor books, the price was 10 cents to 15 cents.
BareNakedIslam says
The good old days!
Mario says
It’s a joke.