Boss
Boss noun - The person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do.
Rep
Rep noun - A person who acts or does business for another.
Both words in one sentence
- He's a grounded, very competent PR rep for a child's pharmaceutical company, and he chides Eliza for her overly self-indulgent nature, and often views touchy boss Sam Saperstein's actions with oddness.
Source: Only Sane Man / Live-Action TV -
However, he is outsmarted and caught, but since the big boss, Zaizen, is looking for rep players to use in a massive gambling event between trillionaires, he agrees to let them go if they enter the Dream Kingdom that will be used to whittle down the prospective choices.
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Notable examples include Stacy Trent turning out to be Mitch Hertzog's sister, or Amy Jenkins, annoying HR rep to Mel and later evil boss to Kate just happening to have somehow screwed Jane over in the past as well.
Source: One Degree of Separation
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