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Executive Privilege

Issa: "Congress will supeona documents from the Justice Department."

Holder: "Um, ah, the dog ate it, I can't find it, uh...nope, not going to do it."

Issa: "We are going to vote you in Contempt of Congress"

Obama: "Executive Privilege"
by OldPhart OutIn TheDesert June 22, 2012
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executive decision

The most monumental in scope of difficult decisions.
The fullness of responsiblity delegated to the Executive Decider is manifest
in EXECUTIVE DECISIONS. (Typically dealing with world class issues.)
**EXECUTIVE DECISIONS are best left to the professionals due to their life and death importance (which can affect dozens, thousands or millions of people for good or bad.
"Elected President, and acting as The Decider, George Bush made the EXECUTIVE DECISION to send US Troops to Iraq for which he was first cheered, and is now harped at."
by Chingo Bolamongo December 22, 2006
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executive time

Spending 3 hours, 8am to 11am taking phone calls, watching TV, Tweeting before actually working.
President Trump must have his Executive Time before his covfefe.
by TimesUp May 1, 2018
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executive delay

The Dilbert-ish situation where executives delay your project to make you run off an check something out that has nothing to do with your project.
Our project took a two week executive delay when the VP made us go check out a vendor that we had already eliminated from consideration.
by pigfarmer April 2, 2009
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executive Friday

n. Any day of the week, usually a Friday or Monday, where you decide to suddenly call in sick or take a vacation day out of a sense of entitlement and pure, unadulterated laziness.

v. To take an executive Friday
I have an important meeting early this morning and people are going to be really upset if I'm not there, but the urge to sleep in is overwhelming. Looks like I'll be taking an executive Friday.
by misskj March 15, 2009
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Executive Goth

1. A person who is dressed in clothing of a gothic nature that would be considered appropriate (or borderline appropriate) for wear during business hours

2. A sexy, smart, and successful individual who dresses to impress with gothic accents, while still adhering to the common clothing guidelines of "business professional." May be modified slightly with a dash of "whore" if you are FUCKING AWESOME.
An Executive goth might wear tailored black suits and funky ties, black pencil skirts, fishnets, patent leather platform high heels and fitted jacket, a perfectly ironed black, or black with an accent color button down shirt with a small under bust corset
by kellymfdm March 5, 2011
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executive eyebrow

The act of raising one eyebrow in a questioning or intimidating gesture.
When she said she had never swallowed for a guy before, I stared at her with the executive eyebrow until she admitted she always swallows...
by Mr.Beyonce December 10, 2015
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