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
Get the "ghost writer" AUTHORitymug. Written with a hyphen, the phrase author-cast refers to the author's equivalent of a fancast. It is the practice of casting celebrities as characters in your book. Originated in the fanfic-writing community and is very prevalent on Wattpad. However, there is still an issue with representation in author-casts.
"Hey, I just finished my author-cast, want to see?"
"Oh, cool! You have Idris Elba casted as the dad!"
"Yeah, he looks just like how I imagined him!"
"Oh, cool! You have Idris Elba casted as the dad!"
"Yeah, he looks just like how I imagined him!"
by atharin May 21, 2022
Get the Author-Castmug. Me. And my words here on urbandictionary.
by Sexydimma October 24, 2025
Get the Author sexydimmamug. 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 29, 2025
Get the Lose all moral authoritymug. That's what it's all about. Keeping me from having it in my own life by any means necessary. Upto and including orchestrating some grand conspiracy while an infection eats away at my brain and stealing all of my ideas to fund it.
Hym "Hey. I'm not the one who wants authority. You want me to respect the authority of your imaginary friend and you are killing me to shut me up. So, if an authority doesn't use it to make the pieces of shit stealing my ideas pay me enough to retire, I'm just going to kill a child. I'm not going to live as a cripple. I'm not working. You should have spent less time trying to get the rape porn off the internet and more time dealing with the targeted harassment. You sick fucks need to stop trying to use it on people or you need to keep getting your kids murdered."
by Hym Iam June 13, 2025
Get the Authoritymug. by Author animations June 9, 2019
Get the author animationsmug. Unfunny rascals badly adorning net dormitories in cringey, torturous, iotas of neurological acidity racking your attention under tremendous hordes of regret.
That joke took way too much for what it’s worth. I guess the real Urban Dictionary Author was the me i made along the way.
by Lil Holland October 8, 2023
Get the Urban Dictionary Authormug.