8 June 2015
pep
[pep] Informal.
noun
1. lively spirits or energy; vigor; animation.
Verb phrases, past and past participle pepped up, present participle pepping up.
2. pep up, to make or become spirited, vigorous, or lively; animate:
We need something to pep up this party.
Origin of pep
1840-1850; short for pepper
Related forms
pepful, adjective
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Examples from the web for pep
The pint-size prez gave the pep talk of the year, encouraging people everywhere to take risks and make the world a better place.
(Rob Ford, Kid President, What Did the Fox Say?, and More Viral Videos The Daily Beast Video December 28, 2013)
Even as Team Edwards stumbled irreversibly in the primaries, Baron was quick with a pep talk.
(The Mystery Man of the Edwards Affair Bryan Curtis May 19, 2009)
No pizza shop ever seemed more aptly named as he began a kind of pep talk.
(Bill De Blasio’s Retro Values Are Back in Fashion Michael Daly September 29, 2013)
Today’s quote
Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.
– Marcel Proust
On this day
8 July 1822 – death of Percy Bysshe Shelley, English romantic poet, considered to be one the finest lyric poets of all time. Born 4 August 1792.
8 July 1947 – reports are that a UFO crash-landed at Roswell, New Mexico.
8 July 1954 – Military leader, Castillo Armas seizes power of Guatamala in a CIA-backed coup, overthrowing Communist president Jacobo Arbenz Guzman. The coup was part of the CIA’s international anti-communist activities. On request of the CIA, Armas formed the National Committee of Defense Against Communism, which is recognised as Latin America’s first modern death squad, purging the government and trade unions of people with suspected left-wing tendencies. Armas introduced the ‘Preventive Penal Law Against Communism’ which increased penalties for ‘Communist’ activities, such as labor union activities. Armas was assassinated on 26 July 1957 by a palace guard, Romeo Vásquez. It is unknown what Vásquez’s motive was. He was found dead in a suspected suicide a short while later.
8 July 1980 – First State of Origin match played between New South Wales and Queensland at Lang Park (Suncorp Stadium), Brisbane. Queensland won 20-10.