telepersonals

telepersonals noun: personals (advertisements by which individuals attempt to meet) placed over a distance, as by telephone or Internet.

Noun

telepersonals pl (plural only)

(plural, plural-only) Personals (advertisements by which individuals attempt to meet) placed over a distance, as by telephone or Internet.
- Because I spent a lot of time alone back in LA, calling the Telepersonals had turned into a habit.2000, Chris Kraus, Aliens and anorexia
- Mona, whom Marty had met through the telepersonals before rejecting her as a sex mate, told him that she'd get right on it. In fact, she ignored him.2002, Ellen Pollock, The Pretender

You've probably heard of or seen personal ads in the newspaper, advertisements for telepersonals on the telephone, video dating services...2005, Erika Bukkfalvi Hilliard, Paul Foxman, Living Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety:
She wasn't romantically interested in me, so a few weeks later at the suggestion of a friend, I picked up the phone and tried the telepersonals.2005, Mark Linden O'Meara, The Feeling Soul: A Roadmap to Healing and Living:

From tele- + personals, probably from a 1990s trademark.

What does telepersonals mean?: Telepersonals means personals (advertisements by which individuals attempt to meet) placed over a distance, as by telephone or Internet.
How do you use telepersonals in a sentence?: You've probably heard of or seen personal ads in the newspaper, advertisements for telepersonals on the telephone, video dating services...
What part of speech is telepersonals?: Telepersonals is a noun.

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