happy talk
noun
1
: informal talk among the participants in a television news broadcast
also
: a broadcast format featuring such talk
2
: optimistic talk
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All the monsters can go away now or just go hiding under the bed where they’ll conveniently be forgotten amid the coming happy talk for the next eight months.
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
Anyone with happy talk about AI data centers or endless growth was going to destroy the state.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
There is a lot of happy talk about working together to expand the pie, but the word competition keeps bumping up against the word collaboration.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Unmoored from reality, the pronouncements veer into happy talk.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2025
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Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
Anyone with happy talk about AI data centers or endless growth was going to destroy the state.
—David Weigel, semafor.com, 24 Nov. 2025
There is a lot of happy talk about working together to expand the pie, but the word competition keeps bumping up against the word collaboration.
—Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2025
Unmoored from reality, the pronouncements veer into happy talk.
—Hussein Agha, Foreign Affairs, 16 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for happy talk
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“Happy talk.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/happy%20talk. Accessed 26 Jan. 2026.
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