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I Sent My Chief Negotiator

A phrase; used to imply that you sent a friend to an important meeting, date, interview, Settlement Conference, trial, exam, etc. in your stead (i.e. on your behalf).
Professor Lambeau: "What happened at the McNeil meeting?"

Will: "Oh, I couldn't go...so, I sent my Chief Negotiator."

Professor Lambeau: "On your own time you can do whatever you like, Will, but when I set up a meeting with my...with my associates, and you don't show up, it reflects poorly on me."
Will: "All right. Well then don't set up any more meetin's."
Related Words

Shrewd negotiator

The definition of what Ed Bolian does for a living. Basically just lowballing exotic cars and flipping them later.
“I talked to her and offered $30k for the Lambo but, she wanted $75k. She was an shrewd negotiator so we met right in the middle at $30k.” - Ed Bolian, The Professional Shrewd Negotiator
Shrewd negotiator by what122 May 16, 2019
Nepeta Leijon is a troll from the webcomic homestuck. She appears in the fourth act and is an oliveblood on the hemospectrum, above a mustardblood but below a jadeblood. Nepeta represents the zodiac Leo. Her cave is filled with the many animal pelts that she has collected from hunting with her clawkind weapons.

She loves to RP and usually speaks in third person with as many cat puns as she can. Her trollian handle is arsenicCatnip, AC for short, and she ends many of her sentences with a double-mouthed cat symbol in honor of her lusus, Pounce de Leon :33.

She also maintains a shipping wall to keep track of the many quadrants of relationships with the trolls.
AC: AC purrs in greeting, twitching her tail. She prepares to pounce on you.
CT: Nepeta you must stop acting like such a lowbl00d, it is beneath you.

Nepotism 

Nepotism (the practice among those with power or influence of favouring relatives or friends, especially by giving them jobs.
2. The act of using your power or influence to get good jobs or unfair advantages for members of your own family.

The word originates from the mid 17th century and derives from French népotisme or Italian nepotismo, from nipote ‘nephew’ (with reference to privileges bestowed on the ‘nephews’ of popes, who were in many cases their illegitimate sons).
Are Donald Trump’s political appointments the result of nepotism?
Nepotism by AKACroatalin December 17, 2016

Hostage Negotiation 

Having to use the bathroom in the absolute worst way, but either a) you're constipated or b) you have performance anxiety for whatever reason.
Dude, I was just in stall 3, and I had to do some major Hostage Negotiation in there... I was a little embarrassed, 'cause Lenny the VP was in the next stall. Although HE had no problem releasing the hostages.

Nepomodel 

A current class of fashion models, often mistaken as supermodels, who have only achieved their level of success because of their family connections and/or friendship ties.

Derivative of the word Nepotism.
Konnie: Gigi Hadid is a supermodel.
Lucas: No way, she's a Nepomodel. She can't even walk.

Kristian: Who is Hailey Baldwin?
Jessie: She's that Nepomodel who is the daughter of one of the Baldwin brothers, I don't know which one.

Kale: Why don't you consider Kendall Jenner a supermodel?
Wayne: Because the last supermodel was Gisele. There are only regular models and nepomodels now.
Nepomodel by Alimaniac July 23, 2016