Definitions
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- noun A
charity event in whichparticipants jog a long distance.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Today, as I dropped him off, Mrs.L. asked if he was more tired than usual after school and then went on to explain that her class is in training for the upcoming jogathon.
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Today, as I dropped him off, Mrs.L. asked if he was more tired than usual after school and then went on to explain that her class is in training for the upcoming jogathon.
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Today, as I dropped him off, Mrs.L. asked if he was more tired than usual after school and then went on to explain that her class is in training for the upcoming jogathon.
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Will be running the 5k ‘jogathon’ (I probably need the Red Cross people to run behind me, just in case).
natinski Diary Entry natinski 2004
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It has appeared in such unlikely combinations as talkathon, walkathon, aquathon, ski-a-thon, bike-athon, birdathon, sell-athon, sale-athon, curl-a-thon (a ` hairstyling extravaganza '), and even the seemingly unnecessary jogathon and runathon (denoting more leisurely or shorter races than a marathon).
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I thought of CatGirl’s jogathon (with resentment, since I usually volunteer at the event, but my work situation prevented me from doing this year), of the servers we moved last night and of the calls that I would likely get this morning when data connections failed (which they didn’t, thankfully), of the readings for school not getting done and blog posts not getting written because of increased duties at work.
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$58 to the church for our seats at the Singing Christmas Tree, $20 for Peters jogathon, and
Dishpan Dribble 2008
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