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/əˈθɔɹətɑː/ · noun
(humorous, slang, US) An authority (the power to enforce rules or give orders)..
Cartman: Ey! I am a cop, and you will respect my authoritah!
They may "defend" themselves individually, like trying to sabotage an acquaintance who is doing better financially, socially, etc. Or they may appeal to gubmint authoriTAH.
And thanks to Backbeat Books and the Hal Leonard Group for allowing me to indulge professionally in the type of thinking and topics that earned me disapproval from guidance counselors and other figures of "authoritah."
My normal reaction to authoritah is to bristle, but arguments can wait.
Use authoritah when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Authoritah means (humorous, slang, US) An authority (the power to enforce rules or give orders)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Cartman: Ey! I am a cop, and you will respect my authoritah!
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