laughathon
English
Noun
laughathon (plural laughathons)
- (informal) Something very funny; a comedy session or period of great amusement.
- 1995, Paul Auster, Mr. Vertigo
- Oh, I had a jolly time in South Dakota, all right, a regular laughathon of nonstop fun and entertainment
- 2000, Mike Douglas, Thomas Kelly, Michael Heaton, I'll Be Right Back: Memories of TV's Greatest Talk Show
- They were already into that raucous rhythm that made their show a TV landmark. Nonstop jokes, topping each other, full speed ahead, no holds barred laughathon.
- 2002, Paul Auster, The Book of Illusion (page 208, ff)
- No, not what you'd call your standard laugh-a-thons. But not too grim, I hope.
- 2002, Terrence D. Haynes, Desert Norm: A Journal/Novel About the Gulf War (page 169)
- It was a laughathon at Headquarters.
- 2004, Carrie Asai, The Book of the Shadow (page 36)
- What if they were having a big laughathon over Heaven and her stupid crush?
- 1995, Paul Auster, Mr. Vertigo
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