happy talk

English

Noun

happy talk (uncountable)

(set phrase, hyphenated when used attributively) Lighthearted, pleasant conversation; upbeat banter; optimistic remarks.
- 1888, G. A. Henty, chapter 15, in In The Reign Of Terror:
  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.
- 1992 Feb. 17, Maureen Dowd, "The 1992 Campaign," New York Times (retrieved 5 Aug 2014):
  "Maybe the public is waking up and getting skeptical about simple public relations, effortless, happy-talk rhetoric," he said.
- 1993 June 27, "Commentary: Suddenly, The Rah Rah President," Businessweek (retrieved 5 Aug 2014):
  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.
- 2007 June 28, Holly Bailey, "To Be Perfectly Honest . . .," Newsweek (retrieved 5 Aug 2014):
  "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."
- 2010 July 29, Michael Grunwald, "The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated?," Time (retrieved 5 Aug 2014):
  Even BP fall guy Tony Hayward, after some early happy talk, admitted that the spill was an "environmental catastrophe."

Usage notes

Now often used to refer to cheerful, inoffensive verbal exchanges between hosts or reporters during segues between segments of radio or television reports of news, weather, etc, as in:

2007 Feb. 8, Patricia Sullivan, "Frank N. Magid dies at 78, created news anchor "happy talk"," Washington Post (retrieved 5 Aug 2014):

"Action News" and its rival, "Eyewitness News," demonstrated both the untapped possibilities of the medium and the opportunity to devolve into "happy talk" between serious segments.

References

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单词	happy talk
释义	happy talk English Noun happy talk (uncountable) (set phrase, hyphenated when used attributively) Lighthearted, pleasant conversation; upbeat banter; optimistic remarks. 1888, G. A. Henty, chapter 15, in In The Reign Of Terror: 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. 1992 Feb. 17, Maureen Dowd, "The 1992 Campaign," New York Times (retrieved 5 Aug 2014): "Maybe the public is waking up and getting skeptical about simple public relations, effortless, happy-talk rhetoric," he said. 1993 June 27, "Commentary: Suddenly, The Rah Rah President," Businessweek (retrieved 5 Aug 2014): 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. 2007 June 28, Holly Bailey, "To Be Perfectly Honest . . .," Newsweek (retrieved 5 Aug 2014): "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." 2010 July 29, Michael Grunwald, "The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated?," Time (retrieved 5 Aug 2014): Even BP fall guy Tony Hayward, after some early happy talk, admitted that the spill was an "environmental catastrophe." Usage notes Now often used to refer to cheerful, inoffensive verbal exchanges between hosts or reporters during segues between segments of radio or television reports of news, weather, etc, as in: 2007 Feb. 8, Patricia Sullivan, "Frank N. Magid dies at 78, created news anchor "happy talk"," Washington Post (retrieved 5 Aug 2014): "Action News" and its rival, "Eyewitness News," demonstrated both the untapped possibilities of the medium and the opportunity to devolve into "happy talk" between serious segments. See also small talk spin (noun) References happy talk at OneLook Dictionary Search
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happy talk

English

Noun

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