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trophy veep

trophy veep noun: a Vice Presidential candidate selected for his or her youth or attractiveness rather than his or her experience or ability to assume the Office of the Presidency.

Noun

trophy veep (plural trophy veeps)

  1. A Vice Presidential candidate selected for his or her youth or attractiveness rather than his or her experience or ability to assume the Office of the Presidency.
    • The first Trophy Veep?... Such penetrating questions may (or may not) explain why Jennings gets the big bucks, but nothing explains why Edwards is the man to stand that one heartbeat we hear about away from the presidency. And this is the point that dispels all goose bumps: John Edwards may be...2004, Diana West, Jewish World Review
    • She was a mayor of town for 8000 for one term, then governor of ALASKA for little more than a year. That constitutes a trophy Veep.2008, Robert A. Kezelis, McCain picks a Trophy Veep, Sarah Palin

Forms of trophy veep

pluraltrophy veeps

Questions about trophy veep

What does trophy veep mean?
Trophy veep means a Vice Presidential candidate selected for his or her youth or attractiveness rather than his or her experience or ability to assume the Office of the Presidency.
What part of speech is trophy veep?
Trophy veep is a noun.
What is the plural of trophy veep?
The plural of trophy veep is trophy veeps.

Words near trophy veep in the dictionary

  1. trophy money
  2. trophy partner
  3. trophy partners
  4. trophy room
  5. trophy rooms
  6. trophy veep
  7. trophy veeps
  8. trophy wife
  9. trophy wives
  10. trophy-hunt
  11. trophy-hunted

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