Definition of a pep talk

pep talk    

noun

• a conversation or speech designed to raise a person or group's mood or confidence.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
  
  Citation from "Chapter 8", Eastbound & Down (TV), Season 2 Episode 2 (2010) censored in hope of resolving Google's penalty against this site.

  • See more words with the same meaning: information, gossip, speech, talk.

  Last edited on Dec 15 2011. Submitted by Walter Rader (Editor) from Sacramento, CA, USA on Dec 15 2011.

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Slang terms with the same meaning

Other terms relating to 'information, gossip, speech, talk':
411, the	Definitions include: information.
hype	Definitions include: excited.
straight scoop	Definitions include: a true back-story or set of facts.
dish	Definitions include: to gossip.
blabber	Definitions include: idle talk.
juicy	Definitions include: secret or incriminating.
dirt, the	Definitions include: inside information; "gossip".
411	Definitions include: See the 411.
juice	Definitions include: gossip, secret information.
scoop	Definitions include: a ride in a motor vehicle.
get the 411	Definitions include: See the 411.
buzz	Definitions include: to call on a telephone.
jibber jabber	Definitions include: incessant, idle talk.
chinwag	Definitions include: an informal chat.
dox	Definitions include: personal information about a person (for example: their real name, home address, phone number) that has been released on the web.
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Slang terms with the same root words

Other terms relating to 'pep':
pep	Definitions include: energy, spirit.
pep pill	Definitions include: a stimulant.
Other terms relating to 'talk':
close-talker	Definitions include: a person who stands uncomfortably close to others while talking.
coffee talk	Definitions include: hanging out and talking about nothing.
give a talking to	Definitions include: see talking to.
Jimmy's talkin	Definitions include: so drunk that it's the alcohol talking, not you.
locker room talk	Definitions include: discussion using foul language, or of a sexual or otherwise offensive nature.
real talk	Definitions include: honest talk.
sh*t talking	Definitions include: the action of someone "talking shit".
small talk	Definitions include: discussion about non-sensitive topics in a social setting.
sweet talk	Definitions include: to make someone more agreeable to a future planned request by being complimentary, doing favors, etc.
talk	Definitions include: begin to date.
talk back	Definitions include: to sass.
talk big	Definitions include: to make threats one doesn't plan to or cannot carry out.
talk dirty	Definitions include: to speak of sexual subjects.
talking *sshole	Definitions include: audible flatulence one gets after eating food that doesn't agree with one's stomach.
talking to	Definitions include: a scolding.
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