The word "chirpy" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to refer to a cheerful and lively individual, such as in the sentence, "The chirpy little bird hopped along the branch, singing merrily."
The Fed's chirpy insistence that "economic conditions are improving" fails to reflect the experience of Americans who are finding less money in their already-squeezed budgets.
That means they would have to appoint a successor to Witherow, widely expected to be his long serving deputy Martin Ivens, described by Wapping insiders as "chirpy" in recent days.
This is a great premise for a movie, and the scenes in which the unstoppable force of Walt Disney meets the immovable object of PL Travers are terrific – as are those in which she is driven around by a needlessly chirpy chauffeur (Paul Giamatti), and faces down screenwriter Don DaGradi Bradley Whitfordd) and songwriting brothers Robert and Richard Sherman (BJ Novak and Jason Schwartzman).
From 1934 to 1938, when she was at the height of her fame, Shirley Temple (later known as Shirley Temple Black), who has died aged 85, appeared in films as a bright-eyed, curly-topped, dimpled cherub, whose chirpy singing and toddler's tap dancing were perfect antidotes to the depression.
Temple began her singular career aged three, finding early success with chirpy hits such as Curly Top, Heidi and Bright Eyes.
SHANA, a bright and chirpy 12-year-old, goes to ballet classes four nights a week, plus Hebrew school on Wednesday night and Sunday morning.
WHAT a chirpy little fellow that Norman was!
The resulting centrifugal force sloshed the fuel against the inside walls of the rocket, starving the engines and causing them to cut out.But Mr Musk was chirpy.
Only Tim Geithner, the treasury secretary, looks set to stay on, a chirpy survivor.Many will say good riddance.
The British mostly meet bright young Turks who come to their country to study, or chirpy hotel staff on their holidays in resorts such as Bodrum and Marmaris.
The mood at the 2011 Lib Dem conference is strikingly united, pugnacious and even chirpy.
