happy talk
noun
1
: informal talk among the participants in a television news broadcast
also
: a broadcast format featuring such talk
2
: optimistic talk
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Jonathan Papelbon must have ignored NESN’s in-house happy talk memo.
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Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
But amid Biden's working-class happy talk, Republicans are making inroads with America's blue-collar workers.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2023
Their plan has basically been happy talk.
—ABC News, 29 Aug. 2021
The morning crew engages in cinnamon happy talk.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 7 May 2021
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Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Aug. 2023
But amid Biden's working-class happy talk, Republicans are making inroads with America's blue-collar workers.
—Haisten Willis, Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2023
Their plan has basically been happy talk.
—ABC News, 29 Aug. 2021
The morning crew engages in cinnamon happy talk.
—Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 7 May 2021
See all Example Sentences for happy talk
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“Happy talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/happy%20talk. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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