pep talk

1. 1.

   a speech of exhortation attempting to instill enthusiasm and determination in a team or staff

   Broaderexhortation

   colloquialism

Questions about pep talk

What does pep talk mean?

pep talk means "a speech of exhortation attempting to instill enthusiasm and determination in a team or staff".

Is pep talk a common word?

pep talk is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.