positivediscussionorinformationthatavoidsunpleasantdetailsorpossibleproblems:Fundingcutswereespeciallydamaging,yettopofficialskeptthehappytalkgoing.informalconversationbetweenpeoplegiving thenewsontelevision, whosepurposeis toentertain:We take thenewsseriously, andourreportsshouldsoundserious, not be TV happy-talk.(Definition ofhappy talkfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary? Cambridge University Press)
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happy talkHappytalkmay also refer to a format of news which encourages such commentary.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The delivery is stilted, withouthappytalkor humour.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Happytalkhas been derided by some who prefer a more traditional and staid newscast, though it has been happening in some places since the early days of broadcasting.FromWikipediaThis example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It washappytalkin the sweet evening coolness; everybody seemed harmonious and in sympathy to-night.FromProject GutenbergBut, above all, at half-past four on concert days it echoeshappytalkand chaff and boisterous laughter.FromProject GutenbergAnd then, what ringing laughter, what merry jests, what earnesthappytalk!FromProject GutenbergAnd we then to join in the plaiting, and thus withhappytalkand our times of eating, until that we did be come again to our slumber.FromProject GutenbergGenerally, the confession was a mere babble ofhappytalk, concerning his pictures, and his projects, but to-night he sat silent until the hair-brushing was nearly over.FromProject GutenbergThey all passed the rides and visits and the happy talks together.FromProject GutenbergThese examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors.#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/happy-talk##
