"happy talk" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1888, G. A. Henty, chapter 15, in In The Reign Of Terror",
          "text": "Dr. Sandwith soon afterwards ran out to the excited chattering group in the garden, and after a few minutes' happy talk with him, Harry spoke to him of the visitors.",
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          "ref": "1992 February 17, Maureen Dowd, “The 1992 Campaign”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-08-05",
          "text": "\"Maybe the public is waking up and getting skeptical about simple public relations, effortless, happy-talk rhetoric,\" he said.",
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          "ref": "1993 June 27, “Commentary: Suddenly, The Rah Rah President”, in Businessweek, retrieved 2014-08-05",
          "text": "Clinton's upbeat tone marked his passage from econo-pessimist to cheerleader. Some observers give new mediameister David R. Gergen, who learned happy talk at the knee of Ronald Reagan, credit for the shift.",
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          "ref": "2007 June 28, Holly Bailey, “To Be Perfectly Honest . . .”, in Newsweek, retrieved 2014-08-05",
          "text": "\"Now have there been missteps? Of course.\" Among them, he admits, Dick Cheney's happy talk about the insurgency in Iraq being in its \"last throes.\"",
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          "ref": "2010 July 29, Michael Grunwald, “The BP Spill: Has the Damage Been Exaggerated?”, in Time, retrieved 2014-08-05",
          "text": "Even BP fall guy Tony Hayward, after some early happy talk, admitted that the spill was an \"environmental catastrophe.\"",
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        "Lighthearted, pleasant conversation; upbeat banter; optimistic remarks."
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        "(set phrase, hyphenated when used attributively) Lighthearted, pleasant conversation; upbeat banter; optimistic remarks."
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          "ref": "1888, G. A. Henty, chapter 15, in In The Reign Of Terror",
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          "ref": "1992 February 17, Maureen Dowd, “The 1992 Campaign”, in New York Times, retrieved 2014-08-05",
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          "ref": "1993 June 27, “Commentary: Suddenly, The Rah Rah President”, in Businessweek, retrieved 2014-08-05",
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