Meanings
- Sarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.
“Good evening, and welcome to the Professional Order of Perverts’ International Council of Masters. I am your leader, Lord Thundersteel.” “Leader? The hell you are!” “Yeah, who died and made you boss? How would you like a taste of the whip, big boy?”
2005, Annabelle du Fouet, “Kinksters and kinksterettes—Who are these people, anyway?” (chapter 1), in Weather Balloons Make Rotten Sex Toys, Ellora's Cave, →ISBN, page 27Synonyms: who died and gave you the reins, who died and left you in charge, who died and made you king, who died and made you queen, who died and made you president
Synonyms & antonyms
phraseSarcastic response to somebody assuming a position of authority that they have not earned.
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