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Chain of Command

Hierarchical military structure, by rank, on how orders and complaints are filed and petitioned.
"You know what the chain of command is? It's the chain I go get and beat you with 'til ya understand who's in ruttin' command here." -Jayne Cobb -
by Archidamus December 13, 2009
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on command

Wanting To do something and doing it when you want to
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Command Q

(v) To end; To quit; having the power to stop something without necessary explanation; entails a sense of power and ownership of a conversation; usually said by the "one who wears the pants" to the "one who is whipped"

derived from the feature on a mac used to quit apps
"I don't want to talk about this so I'm gonna command q it"

"shut up--i'm command q-ing this convo"

"hey tiffany, it's been fun and all but I'm gonna have to command q this date."
by BrooklynFire July 8, 2010
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Cortex Command

Cortex Command is an awesome in-development game that is a cross between a third-person 2d shooter and an RTS.
So far, the game has two main modes of play: Trying to destroy the other person's brain or surviving as many swarms or enemies as possible while protecting your brain.
The game has a thriving modding community at www.datarealms.com and can also be downloaded for free at that site.
Go play Cortex Command, then you'll have your example.
by iwillcontrolyou December 15, 2008
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command decision

Military term;
the act of arriving at a decision and acting upon it without the direction of, or orders from a higher authority. i.e. an independant course of action without the sanction of a superior.
"Corporal, who told you to toss that live round over the side? Don't you realize that this is a waste of government property and you could be charged under a violation of section 118 of the articles of war?"

"Yes sir, I felt I had three options: knowing that a round which falls on the deck is considered to be a hot round and therefore unsafe; I could have left it to roll around the deck and detonate in its own time, or I could retreive it and place it in the hopper to be fired off, thus risking the lives of the three guncrew if it detonated while still in the hopper; or I could elect to throw it overboard."

"I determined that the risk wasn't warranted and so I tossed it."

"It was a command decision sir." (underbreath "stupid asshole")
by Jim (Stoney) Burke February 14, 2006
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