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

   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)‎:

     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 quotations of use of this term, see Citations:pep talk.

• pep rally (US)

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