Meaning of staycate | Babel Free

Definitions

To vacation close to home; staycation.

informal, intransitive, neologism, rare

Examples

“On the other hand, when staycation arrived in the 2000s, for a 'stay-at home vacation', one concerned travel⟳ firm immediately introduced the slogan: Why staycate when you can vacate? Not all back-formations are immediately accepted.”

“I certainly won't make⟳ any kind of believer out of you if you are filling out auto insurance while you're trying to staycate.”

“This was an exceptionally long journey beginning with the illustrious Thomas Cook⟳ (1840) and ending with the daring of Dennis Tito's fast flight on Soyuz (2001). I am fatigued, I must 'slow down' – relax⟳ or staycate for another trip⟳.”

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