veep

veep

slang A vice president (from the initials VP). The veep takes over if the current president dies, resigns, or is impeached. So far the veep has been little more than a shadow skulking around the Oval Office.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

veep

(vip)
n. a vice president. The veep is going to preside today.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • veepee
  • President Wilson
  • the White House
  • BROTUS
  • faire
  • laissez
  • laissez-faire
  • red meat rhetoric
  • on top
  • hard sledding
References in periodicals archive
"Veep" sat out 2018 because of a production delay while star Julia Louis-Dreyfus was treated for breast cancer.
'Game of Thrones,' 'Veep' make final grabs for Emmy glory
This is what we are doing; we are changing the country, and we have a clear plan that we are following,' the Veep stressed.
$1.5bn for road sector
"Veep," on the other hand, is about a person -- indeed, a whole lot of people -- who are never, ever sorry for anything.
On its way out, 'Veep' stays just as nasty
"We have every confidence she will get through this with her usual tenacity and undaunted spirit and look forward to her return to health and to HBO for the final season of 'Veep,'" the statement read.
Julia Louis-Dreyfus' Breast Cancer Treatment Delays 'Veep' Season 7 Premiere?
Sharing a picture from their comedy stunt on Twitter, Mr Biden wrote: "We Veeps stick together.
From ONEVP to another, Biden's touching message of support TOVEEP actress
"Veep" star Julia Louis-Dreyfus won her fifth straight Emmy for her role in the satirical White House comedy in which she plays a graspingly ambitious and inept president battling to stay in power.
'Game of Thrones', 'Veep' win Emmys again, newcomers also feted
"Veep" would be the show to beat even if it weren't the reigning champion.
Laughs come in all sizes
He tweeted: "A big huge thanks to Veep's magnificent cast and crew on our Emmy Win for Outstanding Comedy.
Iannucci scoops Emmys
PEKyN (CyHAN)- The five-year reign of "Modern Family" as television's best comedy ended Sunday night as HBO's "Veep" won the 67th Emmy Awards as the top comedy series, while "Game of Thrones" spoiled the bid of "Mad Men" for a record fifth prize as best drama series.
"Game of Thrones," "Veep" big winners at Emmy Awards
As ever, Paul Merton and Ian Hislop are captains, and they're joined by Armando Iannucci, writer of Alan Partridge, e ick Of It and Veep, and the woman who plays the ctionally bonkers character of Philomena Cunk on another current aairs comedy programme, BBC2's Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe, Diane Morgan.
WE LOVE PANEL SHOWS
I was binge-watching it while I was filming Veep, so I could only do two episodes a night.
Anna Chlumsky: The Veep star on binge-watching Orphan Black and making her way through Murakami
However, a TV comedy sketch lampooning her threatens the Veep's big day.
WEDNESDAY
SILCON VALLEY (9pm SKY ATLANTIC) VEEP (9.35pm SKY ATLANTIC) TWO gorgeous slabs of satire land on Sky k Atlantic tonight, sliding a giant comedy skewer through the US from the west coast to the east.
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The cover image of next month's Rolling Stone magazine featuring the ''Veep'' star depicts a nude Louis-Dreyfus with a tattoo of the U.S.
Rolling Stone flubs actress's Constitution