happy talk
noun
1
: informal talk among the participants in a television news broadcast
also
: a broadcast format featuring such talk
2
: optimistic talk
Examples of happy talk in a Sentence
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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
His team projected lots of ideas and happy talk.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
There was no more happy talk of childhood.
—Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2021
But one of the risks the Dems have is that more happy talk about the economy risks them looking really out of touch.
—Maeve Reston, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022
Don’t believe the happy talk that this was a healthy display of deliberative democracy.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2023
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
His team projected lots of ideas and happy talk.
—William Pesek, Forbes, 22 Oct. 2021
There was no more happy talk of childhood.
—Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Jan. 2021
But one of the risks the Dems have is that more happy talk about the economy risks them looking really out of touch.
—Maeve Reston, CNN, 1 Mar. 2022
Don’t believe the happy talk that this was a healthy display of deliberative democracy.
—The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Jan. 2023
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