Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

-a-thon

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.86 in modern English

Syllables: -a-thon
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

3

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

suffix

Alternative form of -athon.

Example Sentences

"The only discernable connection was the Block, each one of them feeding off the trough for his own peculiar need, strange bedfellows bouncing on the same sheets in a cosmic fuck-a-thon that, if televised, would raise [...] money [...]"
"I need him here to have our back to school love-a-thon."

Questions

What does -a-thon mean?: Alternative form of -athon.

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