pep talk

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛp tɔːk/
• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛp ˌtɔk/, /ˈpɛp ˌtɑk/

Noun

pep talk (plural pep talks)

1. (colloquial) A rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm and boost confidence

   It's your turn to give a pep talk to the dispirited miners.

   • 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     Homer’s entrepreneurial spirit proves altogether overly infectious. Homer gives Barney a pep talk when he encounters him dressed up like a baby handing out fliers (Barney in humiliating costumes=always funny) and it isn’t long until Barney has purchased a truck of his own and set up shop as the Plow King.

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:pep talk.

Synonyms

• pep rally (US)

Translations

a rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm

• Catalan: exhortació f, arenga (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 鼓勵話／鼓励话, 鼓励话 (gǔlìhuà), 動員發言／动员发言, 动员发言 (dòngyuán fāyán), 勉勵語／勉励语, 勉励语 (miǎnlìyǔ)

• Dutch: peptalk (nl) m
• Finnish: kannustuspuhe
• French: exhortation (fr) f, laïus d’encouragement m
• German: Aufmunterung f
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• Italian: discorso d'incoraggiamento m
• Japanese: 激励演説 (げきれいえんぜつ, gekirei enzetsu), 朝礼 (ちょうれい, chōrei) (at Japanese companies in the morning)
• Russian: воодушевля́ющая речь f (vooduševljájuščaja rečʹ), зажига́тельная речь f (zažigátelʹnaja rečʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: motivacijski govor m
• Spanish: arenga (es) f

References

• “Pep talk, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2007.