The other reply is so much more creative! How boring that it means what I would 
have guessed it to mean......

Annette

Quoting Stephen Black <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

> On 19 Sep 2002, Annette Taylor, Ph. D. wrote:
>  
> > Can someone please enlighten me (and maybe others too shy to come
> > right out and show their lack of erudition) about the exact meaning of
> > 'unmitigated gall'. Of course I can intelligently guess, but....
> >
> 
> Sorry, Annette. I got carried away. I understand that it means that a 
> person shows insensitivity, arrogance, and nerve, as in "The nerve of 
> that person!". The famous Yiddish word for it is "chutzpah".
> 
> -Stephen
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