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Refusing orders with enough flair that HR has to look it up.
means Willful defiance of a legitimate authority's instructions, especially a boss's or superior officer's.
from From Latin subordinare, to set in lower rank, with the prefix in- slapping a no in front — literally not staying beneath.
Military weightA court-martial offense, not just a frown.
Legal nuanceRefusing illegal orders usually isn't insubordination.
Tone mattersOften the eye-roll, not the no, that convicts.