"I volunteer as tribute" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From a scene in the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, in which the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, shouts this when offering to take her sister's place as a \"tribute\" (competitor) in the titular battle royale.",
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "I volunteer as tribute",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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        {
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          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "The Hunger Games",
          "orig": "en:The Hunger Games",
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            "Communication",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Shéa MacLeod, The Death in the Drink, unnumbered page",
          "text": "She grinned. \"Fun. Does that mean another trip to England for research? I volunteer as tribute.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Amber Kuhlman, If I Fall, unnumbered page",
          "text": "\"I need to get laid,\" Ava said as I filled an ice frosted glass with beer for a customer. \"I just need sex, you know? Sex is good. Sex is great.\"\n\"I volunteer as tribute!\" Jesse called from where he was sitting at the end of the bar.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Liwen Y. Ho, To the Only Boy I've Loved Before, unnumbered page",
          "text": "Well, if you ever need a guinea pig to try your songs out on, I volunteer as tribute.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do something; implies (often ironically) that the thing is unpleasant or undesirable."
      ],
      "id": "en-I_volunteer_as_tribute-en-intj-EdSGD7kQ",
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "enthusiastic",
          "enthusiastic#English"
        ],
        [
          "willing",
          "willing#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) Used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do something; implies (often ironically) that the thing is unpleasant or undesirable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Katniss Everdeen",
        "Suzanne Collins",
        "The Hunger Games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "I volunteer as tribute"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From a scene in the novel The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, in which the protagonist, Katniss Everdeen, shouts this when offering to take her sister's place as a \"tribute\" (competitor) in the titular battle royale.",
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "I volunteer as tribute",
      "name": "en-interj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "intj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English humorous terms",
        "English interjections",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:The Hunger Games"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2018, Shéa MacLeod, The Death in the Drink, unnumbered page",
          "text": "She grinned. \"Fun. Does that mean another trip to England for research? I volunteer as tribute.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Amber Kuhlman, If I Fall, unnumbered page",
          "text": "\"I need to get laid,\" Ava said as I filled an ice frosted glass with beer for a customer. \"I just need sex, you know? Sex is good. Sex is great.\"\n\"I volunteer as tribute!\" Jesse called from where he was sitting at the end of the bar.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2021, Liwen Y. Ho, To the Only Boy I've Loved Before, unnumbered page",
          "text": "Well, if you ever need a guinea pig to try your songs out on, I volunteer as tribute.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do something; implies (often ironically) that the thing is unpleasant or undesirable."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "humorous",
          "humorous"
        ],
        [
          "enthusiastic",
          "enthusiastic#English"
        ],
        [
          "willing",
          "willing#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(humorous) Used to indicate that one is enthusiastic or willing to do something; implies (often ironically) that the thing is unpleasant or undesirable."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "humorous"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Katniss Everdeen",
        "Suzanne Collins",
        "The Hunger Games"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "I volunteer as tribute"
}