noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Personals (advertisements by which individuals attempt to meet) placed over a distance, as by telephone or Internet. plural, plural-only

   "Because I spent a lot of time alone back in LA, calling the Telepersonals had turned into a habit."

Example

More examples

"Because I spent a lot of time alone back in LA, calling the Telepersonals had turned into a habit."

Etymology

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

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