pep talk

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈpɛp tɔːk/
• (US) IPA: /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)”:

     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 usage examples of this term, see the citations page.

Synonyms

• pep rally (US)

Translations

a rallying speech made to instill enthusiasm

• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: peptalk (nl) m
• Finnish: kannustuspuhe (fi)
• French: exhortation (fr) f, laïus d'encouragement (fr) m
• German: Aufmunterung (de) f

• Italian: discorso d'incoraggiamento (it) m
• Japanese: 激励演説 (ja) (げきれいえんぜつ, gekirei enzetsu), 朝礼 (ja) (ちょうれい, chōrei) (at Japanese companies in the morning)
• Russian: воодушевляющая речь (ru) (vooduševljájuščaja rečʹ) f , зажигательная речь (ru) (zažigátelʹnaja rečʹ) f 
• Spanish: arenga (es) f

References

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