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单词 pep-talking
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pep-talkingn.

Brit. /ˈpɛpˌtɔːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈpɛpˌtɔkɪŋ/, /ˈpɛpˌtɑkɪŋ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: pep n.1, talking n.
Etymology: < pep n.1 + talking n., after pep talk n. Compare later pep-talk v.
colloquial.
The action of giving a pep talk.
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1927 Mansfield (Ohio) News 6 Feb. 4/4 There is a lot of bunk in pep talking.
1936 N.Y. Times x. 3/1 In the usual burst of baccalaureate pep-talking, he advised the eager young graduates to take the hard way.
1957 Times 11 Jan. 9/5 These items tell much more on a relatively shrewd people than synthetic pep-talking.
1999 Stage (Nexis) 26 Aug. 27 They're tired of all the depressing, defeatist New Age pep-talking that seems to have grown up around the whole issue of living with AIDS.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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