Definitions For Staycation

Verb

{{en-verb}} (neologism, intransitive) To spend a vacation close to home.

Noun

STAYCATION (plural STAYCATIONs) (neologism) A vacation spent close to home.

Usage notes

Seen as silly or derogatory 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.

Derived terms

staycate

Translations

Danish: staycation, c Finnish: lähiloma French: restances, f-p German: urlaub in/auf balkonien, m Swedish: hemester

Etymology

stay, vacation{{cite book, title=globalistics and globalization studies: global transformations and global future, author=olga kornienko, grinin l, ilyin i, herrmann p, korotayev a, pages=220–225, url=https://hal-hprints.archives-ouvertes.fr/hprints-01794187/document, isbn=978-5-7057-5026-9, year=2016, place=volgograd, publisher=uchitel publishing house, chapter=social and economic background of blending, chapterurl=https://www.socionauki.ru/upload/socionauki.ru/book/files/globalistics_and_globalization_studies_5_en/220-225.pdf}}