Ort

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Ort (n) a small scrap or leaving of food after a meal is completed

This wonderfully useful word comes from a Middle English word, orte (food left by animals) and dictionary.com tells us this probably originated from Middle Dutch.

"Oh, Reginald. Who left that ort on the table?"

chutz·pah n.

Utter nerve; effrontery: “has the chutzpah to claim a lock on God and morality” (New York Times).