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The royal flex turned everyday excuse — the right to do exactly as you damn please.
means A special right or privilege belonging to a particular person or group, allowing them to choose or act as they wish.
from From Latin praerogativa, which originally named the tribe or group chosen by lot to vote first in Roman assemblies — from prae- 'before' plus rogare 'to ask.' To be praerogativus was to be asked first, and from that privileged position the word grew into the broader sense of a special right reserved to a few. It entered English via Old French in the medieval period, where it clung especially to kings.
- royal origin
- Once meant a king's powers above the law
- latin roots
- From praerogativa, the tribe that voted first in Rome
- still alive
- UK monarchs technically retain reserve prerogative powers today
- pop culture
- Bobby Brown made it a 1988 anthem
royal prerogative — uk monarch's constitutional power to dissolve parliament, declare war, and issue pardons without parliamentary approval
executive prerogative — us president's power to issue executive orders, pardons, and conduct foreign policy independently, used by trump in 2017 travel ban