vacay

Or va·ca

[vey-key]

noun

Informal.

1. a vacation.

Word History and Origins

Origin of vacay¹

1990–95; by shortening and alteration

Example Sentences

Australian comic Jim Jefferies was also ready to enjoy a luxurious vacay to the place where a retired school teacher was sentenced to death in 2023 over five tweets criticizing corruption and human rights violations.

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Noticeably peeved and continuing the trio’s vacay ritual of talking behind each other’s back, Laurie calls out the pick-me girl behavior: “She has not changed at all ... It’s sad. She’s an aging actress. You saw her yesterday. She literally lives off male attention. It’s one thing when you’re 25. But now you’re 45, and guess what? It’s pathetic,” Laurie says.

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“We’re not on vacay,” Foster said Wednesday.

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It also touts a vibrant purple hue that “will transport your senses to a cool summer vacay with its smooth and creamy texture,” Wendy’s added in its press release.

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In “Dark Vacay” he’s taking pills, “sipping Château Lafite Rothschild” and listening “to the last message that you left/Then the voice from the suicide hotline.”

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