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webathon

webathon noun: a fundraising event carried out by means of the World Wide Web.

Noun

webathon (plural webathons)

  1. A fundraising event carried out by means of the World Wide Web.
    • The fundraising Webathons — think Jerry Lewis online — popularized by Dean are becoming standard fare, as have^([sic]) e-mail alerts.2003, Government Research Corporation, National Journal: Volume 35
    • Perhaps I should stage some sort of webathon or something.2006, Matthew Strebe, Michael Moncur, Charles Perkins, The Best of SlashNOT: 2002-2005, page 280

Forms of webathon

pluralwebathons

Origin of webathon

From Web + -athon.

Questions about webathon

What does webathon mean?
Webathon means a fundraising event carried out by means of the World Wide Web.
What part of speech is webathon?
Webathon is a noun.
What is the plural of webathon?
The plural of webathon is webathons.

Words near webathon in the dictionary

  1. Webagogy
  2. Webaholic
  3. Webaholics
  4. webapp
  5. webapps
  6. webathon
  7. webathons
  8. Webb
  9. Webb County
  10. webbased
  11. Webbe

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