16 definition by enkephalin07

In military parlance it means anything crappy coming from the top of the chain of command will hit everyone down to the bottom. This includes dumbass decision making, disciplinary actions, or simply a superior taking his frustrations out on subordinates.

The top of the military chain of command, the ones who report directly to The DoD, POTUS and Congress.

In military parlance it means 'no more respect than protocol requires me to show'. Opposite of the term: 'with respect'.

Said to a superior, a means of veiling contempt adequately enough to evade disciplinary action (depending on the words following it.) Applied frequently by top brass toward Congressmen during Senate Committee Hearings.

Said to a subordinate (rarely,) it sarcastically emphasizes how little respect the superior is required to SHOW, and how much less they're required to HAVE for the subordinate.

The act of drawing forth shed lower body garments from the bottom of the clothes pile, and making them WALK AGAIN!

"Shit rolls up hill" describes the tendency for unworthy or incompetent personnel to be promoted. The primary reason why shit rolls down hill.

The fear that something terrible will happen to someone close to you just because they're close to you.

Occupational hazard of protagonists. Not very untrue to life.

1) a statement, behavior or event that induces anger intense enough to table flip. This could be something extreme enough in of its own, or just the straw the broke the camel's back.

2) an individual characterized by a tendency to flip tables (literally or figuratively.)