vetted

The word "vetted" is everywhere, and everyone uses it as if they know what they are talking about ... even though I'd never heard it until recently.

Have you Vetted your favorite politician? How are his legs? What about his Colic? arhyalon 2009

The party has lost members but they weren't the leaders of the party McCain vetted Crist for VP and McCain was the Presidential candidate.

Kaine: GOP 'civil war' pushing moderate Republicans 'overboard' 2010

The party has lost members but they weren't the leaders of the party McCain vetted Crist for VP and McCain was the Presidential candidate.

Kaine: GOP 'civil war' pushing moderate Republicans 'overboard' 2010

The fact the Obama early on was never criticized or vetted is why he won the early primaries.

Obama uses Daschle to make blue-collar pitch in new SD spot 2008

Plus, the whole notion that Hillary has been fully vetted is crazy.

Obama picks up superdelegate 2008

The official definition of the word vetted: to evaluate for possible approval or acceptance.

O-BUMMER 2008

(He used the word vetted instead of examined as an indication of his degradation for these recruits).

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED 2009

Later he said that his friends in the Republican party had indicated that they felt his wife would be the strongest candidate, partly because she had already been "vetted" -- another subtle slap at Obama.

Election Central | Talking Points Memo | Obama: I Take Hillary "At Her Word" About Drug Comments 2009

Later he said that his friends in the Republican party had indicated that they felt his wife would be the strongest candidate, partly because she had already been "vetted" -- another subtle slap at Obama.

Obama: I Take Hillary "At Her Word" About Drug Comments 2009

How bad, exactly, is the word "vetted" -- and how exactly is it bad?

John Eskow: How Dead Language -- and the Language of Death -- Spelled Doom For Hillary Clinton's Campaign 2008