Webathon

noun

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Noun
  1. 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."

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"The fundraising Webathons — think Jerry Lewis online — popularized by Dean are becoming standard fare, as have^([sic]) e-mail alerts."

Etymology

From Web + -athon.

Related phrases

world wide web

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