talkathon

talkathon
Synonyms and related words:
address, after-dinner speech, allocution, chalk talk, cloture, committee consideration, debate, declamation, deliberation, diatribe, division, eulogy, exhortation, filibuster, filibustering, filing, first reading, forensic, forensic address, formal speech, funeral oration, harangue, hortatory address, inaugural, inaugural address, introduction, invective, jeremiad, logrolling, oration, pep talk, peroration, philippic, pitch, prepared speech, prepared text, public speech, reading, recital, recitation, roll call, sales talk, salutatory, salutatory address, say, screed, second reading, set speech, speech, speechification, speeching, steamroller methods, tabling, talk, third reading, tirade, valediction, valedictory, valedictory address, vote

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  • talkathon — ☆ talkathon [tôk′ə thän΄ ] n. [ TALK + (MAR)ATHON] any prolonged period of talking; extended speech, debate, etc …   English World dictionary

  • talkathon — noun Date: 1934 a long session of discussion or speech making …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • talkathon — /taw keuh thon /, n. an unusually long speech or discussion, esp. on a matter of public interest, as a Congressional filibuster or a televised question and answer session with a political candidate. [1930 35; TALK + ATHON] * * * …   Universalium

  • talkathon — noun A lengthy speech, discussion or debate …   Wiktionary

  • talkathon — noun informal a prolonged discussion or debate. Origin 1930s (orig. US, denoting a debate artificially prolonged to prevent the progress of a bill): blend of talk and marathon …   English new terms dictionary

  • talkathon — talk·a·thon …   English syllables

  • talkathon — talk•a•thon [[t]ˈtɔ kəˌθɒn[/t]] n. an extended discussion, esp. on a matter of public interest • Etymology: 1930–35 …   From formal English to slang

  • talkathon — n. colloq. a prolonged session of talking or discussion. Etymology: TALK + MARATHON …   Useful english dictionary

  • -athon — noun combining form Etymology: marathon event or activity lasting a long time or involving a great deal of something < talkathon > …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Sid McMath — Infobox Governor name= Sidney Sanders McMath caption=Sid McMath, from the cover of his autobiography Promises Kept (University of Arkansas Press, 2003) order= 34th office= Governor of Arkansas term start= January 11, 1949 term end= January 13,… …   Wikipedia

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