veep
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From a colloquial or humorous pronunciation of the abbreviation VP.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]veep (plural veeps)
- (US politics, 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.
- She’s running for veep.
- 2020 October 12, CGP Grey, 1:01 from the start, in Being President: Most Deadly Job in America[1], archived from the original on 26 July 2024:
- So the veep becomes the peep [president] and picks a new veep who must be confirmed by a majority vote of both houses of Congress.
- (informal) Any vice president (in a corporation, organization, etc.)
- I have a meeting this afternoon at Citibank with some veeps.
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