Let me try to put this in Harry Seldon math... (wink to Isaac Asimov!)
"Uppity XO" = "disobedient eXecutive Officer",
"Smack down" = ...hm. how about an example. Darth Vader saying, "I find your lack of faith disturbing", and scaring the crap out of that officer by intimidation.
I'm sure there's better examples, that amuses me at this particular moment.