1 definition by coloneldogface
The act of pretentiously explaining a subject one knows little or insufficiently about. This is typically committed in uniformed organizations such as the military, where commanders are more inclined to demonstrate the superiority of his own knowledge in desperation, to effect retention on his command legitimacy, where possibly inadequately qualified for.
Private Jim: Sir, Wouldn't carrying out this mission risk breaking the international law on conflict?
Warrant Officer Encik: acturry, the uniided nations since long long time ago since ancient rome allowed using shotguns since it was necessary to protect them from the nazis in the war
Private Jim: ...
Private John to Private Jim: Don't bother Jim, he's aristotling again
Private Jim: Knew it
Warrant Officer Encik was aristotling since he spoke confidently on a subject he knew little about, risking lying to protect his legitimacy of command over Private Jim. This is evident in how the U.N. came into existence in 1945, far after Ancient Rome had collapsed, and in how shotguns were only invented in the 19th Century, far after Ancient Rome had collapsed in 476 AD/CE, and most evidently in how the Nazis were engaged in war only in the 1940s, far after Ancient Rome siezed to exist in 476 AD/CE.
Warrant Officer Encik: acturry, the uniided nations since long long time ago since ancient rome allowed using shotguns since it was necessary to protect them from the nazis in the war
Private Jim: ...
Private John to Private Jim: Don't bother Jim, he's aristotling again
Private Jim: Knew it
Warrant Officer Encik was aristotling since he spoke confidently on a subject he knew little about, risking lying to protect his legitimacy of command over Private Jim. This is evident in how the U.N. came into existence in 1945, far after Ancient Rome had collapsed, and in how shotguns were only invented in the 19th Century, far after Ancient Rome had collapsed in 476 AD/CE, and most evidently in how the Nazis were engaged in war only in the 1940s, far after Ancient Rome siezed to exist in 476 AD/CE.
by coloneldogface January 11, 2020