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Delegate
Delegate verb - To appoint as one's representative.
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- He says he doesn't have a name, but then the delegate says he said his name was Jorge, but he says that he stole that name, and then he had to give it back.
Source: Intangible Theft - The delegate orders the thief to give the name back and he agrees.
Source: Intangible Theft -
Depending on whether or not the folks giving out awards are huge Jerk Asses, this either leaves said delegate with an award, smiling like a cat, or on the award-givers' shit list and coming back empty-handed.
Source: LARP / Model United Nations
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