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telepersonals en · NOUN

Etymology

From tele- + personals, probably from a 1990s trademark.

Meanings

  1. (plural, plural-only) Personals (advertisements by which individuals attempt to meet) placed over a distance, as by telephone or Internet.
    • Mona, whom Marty had met through the telepersonals before rejecting her as a sex mate, told him that she'd get right on it. In fact, she ignored him. 2002, Ellen Pollock, The Pretender:
    • She wasn't romantically interested in me, so a few weeks later at the suggestion of a friend, I picked up the phone and tried the telepersonals. 2005, Mark Linden O'Meara, The Feeling Soul: A Roadmap to Healing and Living:
    • You've probably heard of or seen personal ads in the newspaper, advertisements for telepersonals on the telephone, video dating services... 2005, Erika Bukkfalvi Hilliard, Paul Foxman, Living Fully with Shyness and Social Anxiety:
    • Because I spent a lot of time alone back in LA, calling the Telepersonals had turned into a habit. 2000, Chris Kraus, Aliens and anorexia: