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Definition of talkathon in English: talkathonnoun ˈtɔːkəθɒnˈtɔkəˌθɑn informal A prolonged discussion or debate. a day-long talkathon on artistic freedom Example sentencesExamples - Though it's easy to see why Waking Life was better-loved, Linklater's live-action talkathon is still worth watching, even if it never transcends its self-imposed limitations.
- In the television age, senators have avoided round-the-clock talkathons, which had led their predecessors to set up cots in cloakrooms and rig up plastic bags so they wouldn't have to interrupt their orations for a bathroom break.
- Hobbs has a simple calculation that predicts a minimum level of commercial success for lib-lab talkathons.
- He insists that the denizens at the Guinness Book of World Records have given him the permission for the talkathon and were even watching his event closely.
- Merv's smart showing there got him a daytime chat show, whose geniality continues today in the Ellen DeGeneris talkathon.
- There was a huge talkathon in the United States Senate this week.
Origin 1930s (originally US, denoting a debate artificially prolonged to prevent the progress of a bill): blend of talk and marathon. Definition of talkathon in US English: talkathonnounˈtôkəˌTHänˈtɔkəˌθɑn informal A prolonged discussion or debate. a day-long talkathon on artistic freedom Example sentencesExamples - Merv's smart showing there got him a daytime chat show, whose geniality continues today in the Ellen DeGeneris talkathon.
- Though it's easy to see why Waking Life was better-loved, Linklater's live-action talkathon is still worth watching, even if it never transcends its self-imposed limitations.
- Hobbs has a simple calculation that predicts a minimum level of commercial success for lib-lab talkathons.
- In the television age, senators have avoided round-the-clock talkathons, which had led their predecessors to set up cots in cloakrooms and rig up plastic bags so they wouldn't have to interrupt their orations for a bathroom break.
- He insists that the denizens at the Guinness Book of World Records have given him the permission for the talkathon and were even watching his event closely.
- There was a huge talkathon in the United States Senate this week.
Origin 1930s (originally US, denoting a debate artificially prolonged to prevent the progress of a bill): blend of talk and marathon. |