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- noun   The quality of being peppy .
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- noun liveliness and energy
Etymologies
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Examples
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								Mazda sorta has that peppiness image going for it and its cars, mostly thanks to the long term success of the RX7 and the acquisition by Ford. Anti-Foreign Car Guys to Japan: Thanks!, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009 
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								"Nobody Cares About Santa" (a lament by department store Santas) and "Never Fall In Love" (Jovie's big number) aren't exactly good but have a certain peppiness otherwise lacking. Michael Giltz: Theater: Al Pacino in Subtle Merchant Of Venice; An Obvious Elf and More Michael Giltz 2010 
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								"Nobody Cares About Santa" (a lament by department store Santas) and "Never Fall In Love" (Jovie's big number) aren't exactly good but have a certain peppiness otherwise lacking. Michael Giltz: Theater: Al Pacino in Subtle Merchant Of Venice; An Obvious Elf and More Michael Giltz 2010 
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								The doctors were very happy, and certainly Dad's peppiness today bears out what they've said about the benefits of the valvuloplasty. Back Home Susan Palwick 2009 
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								Other times, people were not so supportive of our peppiness. 
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								Kelsey cracks me up with her over the top peppiness. 
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								Over lunch with a NEWSWEEK correspondent last week, Karenna seemed a smooth blend of her mother's peppiness and her father's gravitas. 
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								The master of ceremonies for the Mars show is, as usual, CNN, which tripled its normal ratings and displayed overabundant peppiness. 
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								In certain professions - law comes to mind - deciding you are going to be known to be peppy takes courage, since peppiness is not always a culturally smiled-on characteristic. 
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								And yet the president presents himself each day in his chesty way, with what seems a jarring peppiness. Archive 2006-12-01 Ann Althouse 2006 
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