Meaning of happy talk | Babel Free

Definitions

Lighthearted, pleasant conversation; upbeat banter; optimistic remarks.

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Examples

“Dr. Sandwith soon afterwards ran out to the excited chattering group in the garden, and after a few minutes' happy talk⟳ with him, Harry spoke to him of the visitors.”

“"Maybe the public is waking up and getting skeptical about simple public relations, effortless, happy-talk rhetoric," he said.”

“Clinton's upbeat tone marked his passage from econo-pessimist to cheerleader. Some observers give⟳ new mediameister David R. Gergen, who learned happy talk⟳ at the knee of Ronald Reagan, credit for the shift.”

“"Now have⟳ there been missteps? Of course." Among them, he admits, Dick Cheney's happy talk⟳ about the insurgency in Iraq being in its "last⟳ throes."”

“Even BP fall⟳ guy Tony Hayward, after some early happy talk⟳, admitted that the spill⟳ was an "environmental catastrophe."”

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