Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A vice president.
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- noun informal The
Vice President of the United States; the office of Vice President of the United States, especially during an election cycle where several are in the running for the nomination. - noun informal Any
vice president (in acorporation , organization, etc.)
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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And Heidi, next hour we're going to take a look at some of the big players on the GOP side of what we call the veep stakes.
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Their continued threats that Obama "better pick Hillary" as his veep is just childish and moronic.
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He ran against one of the most experienced incumbent president of the century: a two-term veep, former head of the CIA and incumbent president who presided masterfully over the end of the Cold War.
Obama Spokesman: No Candidate Has Been More Scrutinized By Media Than Obama Has 2009
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A friend of mine called the veep decision an "impulse purchase," a decision made almost entirely on a whim.
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When the veep is under investigation, along with half of the rest of the higher-ups, that says something about the administration.
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Barring some VP substitution scenario, we know going in that no sitting president or veep is running for re-election.
Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Something Unusual Will Happen in 2008 2004
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Indeed …. we all bend over backwards not to spread the rumor he is a muslim … .. check he calls our veep a pig and the media and certain blogger's response
Hot Air » Top Picks 2008
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Indeed …. we all bend over backwards not to spread the rumor he is a muslim … .. check he calls our veep a pig and the media and certain blogger's response
Hot Air » Top Picks 2008
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Indeed …. we all bend over backwards not to spread the rumor he is a muslim … .. check he calls our veep a pig and the media and certain blogger's response
Hot Air » Top Picks 2008
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Everyone above assistant is addressed as Mr. or Ms., and a junior employee, no matter how senior, never, ever, calls a veep by his or her first name.
Good-Bye To All That Margo Candela 2010
bilby commented on the word veep
"It’s hard to imagine that after spending her whole life playing second-fiddle to a superstar pol, Hillary wants to do it again. She’s been vice president.
Could the veep talk be a red herring? A ploy designed to distract attention from the Clintons’ real endgame?"
- 'Hillary or Nobody?', Maureen Dowd in NY Times, 26 March 2008.
March 27, 2008
h3h commented on the word veep
Terrible word. Stab yourself every time you use it.
October 2, 2008