third-party authority

A slang term for "external authority", which is commonly imposed by parents, teachers, institutions, and employers to children, teenagers, and younger adults — but not that commonly imposed to seniors old enough to retire

I can't stand how third-party authority controls our lives—parents and teachers are always dictating what we can do, while seniors just chill and enjoy their freedom!

by Emotional Cruiser November 10, 2025

You're not an authority

On what does or does not need to happen. Did or didn't. Should or should not.

Hym "You're not an authority on the text you are invoking. That's what a charlatan does. They make themselves an authority over the text and then they use that authority to purport that said authority supercedes the text or the authorship."

by Hym Iam December 15, 2025

Jackie didn't have the Authority

Jackie Weaver

Jackie Weaver – if you recall the dialogue from the jaw-droppingly chaotic parish council meeting – had “no authority” to remove councillors from the meeting. “No authority at all.”
theguardian.com/society/2022/mar/29/jackie-weaver-had-no-authority-after-all-investigation-finds

Jackie didn't have the authority to kick them out of the meeting.

by iwanttodrawahouse January 5, 2023

Jackie didn't have the Authority

Jackie Weaver – if you recall the dialogue from the jaw-droppingly chaotic parish council meeting – had “no authority” to remove councillors from the meeting. “No authority at all.”
theguardian com/society/2022/mar/29/jackie-weaver-had-no-authority-after-all-investigation-finds

Jackie didn't have the authority to kick them out of the meeting

by iwanttodrawahouse January 5, 2023