Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A lengthy television program to raise funds for a charity.
Wiktionary
- n. An event that brings in people to donate money through the phone via the television (TV).
Etymologies
- A blend of telephone and marathon (Wiktionary)
- tele- + (mara)thon. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“A local telethon hosted by Vince Gill raised more than $1.7 million and another telethon is set for May 16 on the country music cable network GAC.”
“The “Hope for Haiti Now” telethon is a (I don’t believe I have to explain this) television program, being aired on television.”
“Okay, the HBM telethon is over for now … but don’t make me come back with Jerry Lewis. anymommy Said,”
“The telethon has been a fixture on TV viewers' calendars since 1966.”
“I think a telethon is a good way to funnel money into these channels ...”
“Like the VMAs, the telethon was the wrong venue to do such a thing, and secondly, I believe George Bush DID like Black people, evidenced by his friendship with Dr. Condaleeza Rice.”
“Marilynn Phillips* calls a telethon an "occasion of ideology," rather than an "occasion of social reality" in U.S. culture.”
“Here's the problem, and why I'm forced to respond: People are coming up to me and asking if it's true that the telethon was a fraud.”
“College Sports TV, a network, is hosting a telethon, which is the silver lining here not just for Tulane, but for college sports in general.”
“We understand a bunch of Hall of Famers are answering phones for the NFL telethon, which is going on all night tonight during the games while they ` re being played.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘telethon’.
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My Little Phonies
Names for the next generation of My Little Ponies. Inspired by Star's list.
juggernaught, flamboyant, cuddly maggot, astrobleme, agroof, windburn, poshlost, crucifer, feedbag, dunderwhelp, nebelwerfer, bliss ninny and 453 more...
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Portmanteau words
Words created by blending the sounds and meanings of two pre-existing words.
(The older or the more commonly accepted/understood, the better IMO.)smog, tangelo, motel, telethon, blog, paratrooper, breathalyzer, internet, cremains, moped, chortle, camcorder and 4 more...
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portmanteaus
slithy, chortle, mimsy, galumph, maffluent, smog, motel, momentaneous, splisters, swifting, editated, splatter and 73 more...
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aozuas's Words
sense data, hyperreality, brouhaha, ibid, apophenia, fnord, lackadaisical, schadenfreude, bildungsroman, ready-made, readymade, tergiversar and 654 more...
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