Rampant in "chain of command" situations --- especially the military and "mega-biz" establishments --- whereby everybody wants to push underlings around but then hastily "passes the buck" and claims ignorance/innocence when things go sour. Refers to the deplorable practice of an arrogant/dictatorial/irresponsible/ignorant a**h**e with way too much power ("authority") giving unwise/ineffective/counter-productive orders to one or more hapless underlings, brusquely refusing to listen to their urgently-beseeching appeals about the fallacy/unfairness/danger of proceeding as he told them, but then suddenly shedding all knowledge/responsibility (i.e., not admitting that he was indeed the "author" of those crazy stipulations) regarding said preposterous directives whenever s**t hits the fan afterwards as a result of his subordinates' having reluctantly-but-obediently carried out his unwisely-mandated actions.
I long ago decided to not just blindly/arbitrarily follow orders/rules/laws, no matter what position or experience or education/training that their "authors" happened to supposedly possess... I **always** use my own judgement/conscience in all my actions. Too many times in the past, I've gotten in knee-deep doo-doo MYSELF for someone else's screw-ups in reasoning/planning, only to have said "idiot in power" pull da ol' "ghost writer" AUTHORity trick on me, never admitting or even falsely denying ever having told me to proceed that way, just so that HE would not have to suffer any of the fallout from his own preposterous directives.
by QuacksO August 25, 2018
by hello hi haha February 01, 2023
When you shoot a gun anywhere in Evansville, Indiana and ems , police and/or fire department show up in crowds
by Honkey terms January 22, 2023
ratnotfound2469 on Wattpad. Texas Roadhouse ;)
Hey Jason, Who's the author?
by Axel_P0P March 14, 2021
A fictitious secret government organization that controls: media, politics, economy, healthcare, and more in the Carlos Lerma universe.
The World Habitants' Authority and Trust Corporation (WHAT Corp.) took Logan Wright in to bargain silence after he found the cure for cancer.
by swtffdua April 06, 2023
That's clearly what you're trying to do prevent yourself from doing but you didn't have any moral authority in the first place. You're an incest cultists. The basis of your moral authority is an incest cult.
Hym "And THAT is the reason for THIS. I know I keep saying this but it's clearly multi faceted. If your religion is an incest cult, you lose all moral authority... Therefore, it has to be more than an incest cult. Silence the guy who said it. Steal all of his property so you can justify not platforming me."
by Hym Iam January 30, 2025
At what age does someone get the authority to shut shit down? If they can shut something down at 40 something, they could do the same thing at 2, and if they couldn't do it at 2, they don't have the authority to do.it at 40 something.
Authority or status is kind of like a title on a piece of paper or a plate of metal. It's about as meaningless as life itself.
by Solid Mantis April 27, 2021