telethon
pronunciation
How to pronounce telethon in British English:
UK [ˈteləθɒn]
How to pronounce telethon in American English:
US [ˈteləθɑn]
Word Origin
- telethon (n.)
- prolonged TV fundraiser, 1949, from television + marathon (see -athon). Milton Berle's 16-hour television cancer fundraiser in April 1949 might have been the first to be so called.
Example
- 1. Telethon boy is a genius ?
- 2. It 's the veterans day polio telethon !
- 3. The telethon has already raised $ 57 million for haitian relief .
- 4. Copenhagen : prince frederik and princess mary at a telethon for haiti .
- 5. Telethon , a french television show , is an icon of popular entertainment , an outpouring of visual jollity and charitable fund-raising .