pep talk

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

pep talk (plural pep talks)

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

   Synonym: (US) pep rally

   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.

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

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