danceathon
nounEtymology From dance + -athon.
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A charity event in which participants engage in a prolonged session of dancing.
- The first-time event, modeled after a Seattle danceathon, raised an estimated $10,000...1989 June, Cincinnati Magazine, volume 22, number 9, page 12:
- Out of desperation promoters hit upon the idea of marathon events - walkathons, danceathons, and almost inevitably skateathons.2009, Adam Russ, 101 Sports Not to Try, page 140: