happy-clappy

happy-clappy
 adj.β€” Β«There again, his departure may not have been quite so abrupt as it at first appears. Of the eight top executivesβ€”nine if you include Mickey Mouseβ€”photographed in the company’s happy-clappy annual report, he’s the only one who can’t raise a smile.Β» β€”β€œUnhappy Grumpy” Financial Times (United Kingdom) Feb. 6, 1997. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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