I volunteer as tribute

English 2026 September 13 thumb|upright|A waxwork of the American actor Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games (film) The Hunger Games (2012) Etymology From the novel The Hunger Games (novel) The Hunger Games (2008) by the American writer Suzanne Collins (born 1962), in which the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, shouts the phrase when offering to take her sister’s place as a “tribute” (competitor) in the titular battle royale.2008 Collins, Suzanne The Hunger Games New York, N.Y. Scholastic Children’s Books 25 978-0-439-02348-1 2 I Katniss Everdeen reach her just as she is about to mount the steps. With one sweep of my arm, I push her behind me. ‘I volunteer!’ I gasp. ‘I volunteer as tribute!’ The term was further popularized by the film The Hunger Games (film) The Hunger Games (2012) based on the novel. Pronunciation en /ˌaɪ ˌvɒ.lənˈtɪ.əɹ.‿əz ˈtɹɪ.bjuːt/ RP en /ˌaɪ ˌvɑ.lənˈtɪ(ə)ɹ.‿əz ˈtɹɪ.bjut/ GA en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-I volunteer as tribute.wav Southern England Interjection en humorous Used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do something (often en ironic something somewhat undesirable or unpleasant). en 2016-03-02 Abigail Hartley A solution to the Greek crisis: People need to change their attitudes about the Greek situation Rebecca Aboulin w:The Dartmouth Hanover, N.H. w:Dartmouth College CLXXIII 42 0199-9931 2471067 https://issuu.com/thednewspaper/docs/merged_document_54_0cfa0135438338 4 2 Being angry is no excuse to be unsportsmanlike. The sons and daughters of Dartmouth clearly can't be expected to accept the consequences of their actions, about which I warned, lightly. So, I volunteer as tribute. You may not be able to stop the shift in campus culture and the evolving Dartmouth social scene, but you could at least get a good, clean fight out of it. https://web.archive.org/web/20230227130656/https://issuu.com/thednewspaper/docs/merged_document_54_0cfa0135438338 27 February 2023 en 2017 Hillary Manton Lodge Jane of Austin: A Novel of Sweet Tea and Sensibility large print Farmington Hills, Mich. Thorndike Press; Gale 978-1-4328-3978-9 276 https://archive.org/details/janeofaustinnove0000lodg/page/276/mode/1up "What about Dash a dog?" Celia asked. / Margot's hand shot up. "I volunteer as tribute!" / "Yes," I agreed. "We'd be happy to watch Dash." / "He's welcome in our kennels as well," Ian assured him. en 2018 Shéa MacLeod 1 https://books.google.com/books?id=zzAPEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT11 The Death in the Drink Viola Roberts Cozy Mysteries 7 [Portland, Or.] Sunwalker Press 978-1-386-06835-8 She grinned. "Fun. Does that mean another trip to England for research? I volunteer as tribute." en 2020 Anna Meriano 29 Kelsey Murphy This is How We Fly New York, N.Y. w:Philomel Books 978-0-593-11687-6 427 https://books.google.com/books?id=2VHSDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA427 "We can always send in chasers as beaters," Elizabeth suggests, "just so we can catch our breath." "I volunteer as tribute," Jackson pipes up. "I'm not much use for anything else anyway." Translations used to indicate enthusiastism or willingness to do something Finnish: fi ilmoittaudun vapaaehtoiseksi French: fr Polish: pl zgłaszam się na ochotnika, pl chcę być trybutem References en The Hunger Games