staycation

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[edit] English

[edit] Etymology

Blend of stay and vacation

[edit] Noun

Singular
staycation

Plural
staycations

staycation (plural staycations)

  1. (neologism) A vacation spent close to home.

[edit] Quotations

  • 2009: Nicholas Lezard, Down and out in London, a column in the New Statesman, 31st August 2009 issue, page 54
    It’s holiday time again. Having invented the staycation – no, I don’t like the word either – four years ago when we ran out of money and out of patience with French traffic, we are sticking to principle and, as we did four months ago, hanging out at Tom Hodgkinson’s gaff in north Devon.

[edit] Usage notes

  • Seen as silly or derogative in many cases, e.g., the traditional image of a child whose friends have all gone on trips during the summer while the child is stuck at home.

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