staycation

[ stey-key-shuhn ]

/ ˌsteɪˈkeɪ ʃən /

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noun

a vacation spent at home or near home, doing enjoyable activities or visiting local attractions.

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Origin of staycation

First recorded in 1940–45; stay¹ + (va)cation

Words nearby staycation

Stavropol, staw, stay, stay-at-home, staybolt, staycation, stayer, staying power, stay-in strike, Stayman, stay out

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How to use staycation in a sentence

Plus, one benefit of a staycation is that you can simulate a different kind of trip every night.
Stuck at home? Trick your brain into treating a staycation like the real thing.|Eleanor Cummins|December 22, 2020|Popular-Science
Your staycation might feel a little awkward or silly, but know that your body and mind are benefiting from time spent in a new and unusual routine.
Stuck at home? Trick your brain into treating a staycation like the real thing.|Eleanor Cummins|December 22, 2020|Popular-Science
If you work from home, this might even mean staying off the computer for the duration of your staycation—try to use devices that you associate more with recreation, or just take a break from the Internet entirely.
Stuck at home? Trick your brain into treating a staycation like the real thing.|Eleanor Cummins|December 22, 2020|Popular-Science
If you’re not planning to travel right now, consider using your points towards a local staycation or give yourself something to look forward to by planning a trip for next year.
How to utilize your frequent flyer miles this year even if you’re not buying plane tickets|Rachel King|October 10, 2020|Fortune

For the past several weeks, audiences have begun to come back, some of them lured by content that is more focused on safety or staycations.
”Pivot” has been the word’: How travel publishers are navigating the coronavirus pandemic|Max Willens|August 20, 2020|Digiday
Kate is no Diana, of course, but still, the domestic staycation will have been a tough sell.
A Royal Staycation for William and Kate|Tom Sykes|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the age of the "staycation," what do this week's Resort collection presentations mean for fashion and its followers?
Non Voyage!|Alisa Gould-Simon|June 4, 2009|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for staycation

staycation

stacation

/ (ˌsteɪˈkeɪʃən) /

noun

informal a holiday in which leisure activities are pursued while staying at one's own home

Word Origin for staycation

C21: stay 1 + (va) cation

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