webathon

English

Etymology

Web +‎ -athon

Noun

webathon (plural webathons)

  1. A fundraising event carried out by means of the World Wide Web.
    • 2003, Government Research Corporation, National Journal: Volume 35:
      The fundraising Webathons — think Jerry Lewis online — popularized by Dean are becoming standard fare, as have[sic] e-mail alerts.
    • 2006, Matthew Strebe, Michael Moncur, Charles Perkins, The Best of SlashNOT: 2002-2005, page 280:
      Perhaps I should stage some sort of webathon or something.
    • 2009, HK, “It's important to keep her busy...”, in rec.boats (Usenet):
      Even some of Palin's critics question the validity of some of the complaints, and her supporters have waged a weeklong Webathon to raise money for a legal defense fund set up for the governor, ringing up more than $109,000 by day seven, Sunday.
    • 2010, Priscilla Nelson, Ed Cohen, Riding the Tiger: Leading Through Learning in Turbulent Times, page 86:
      At the end of January, we ran a five-hour-plus webathon to raise funds for a local orphanage with which we were heavily involved. We had one camera going live and another crew picking up interviews at the back of the webcast area.
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