naycation

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noun

A vacation period during which no travel or paid leisure activities are done.

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Meanings

nounnaycation (plural naycations)

plural naycations

  1. slangA vacation period during which no travel or paid leisure activities are done.

    Don't have much time off? Why don't you try a daycation? Don't deny yourself, even if time is short, though. There's nothing worse than a naycation.

    2010 August 20, Mike Slizewski, “How you spent your summer 'cation”, in Siskiyou Daily News

Origin

Blend of nay + vacation.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

cyanation
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APA

naycation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naycation

MLA

“naycation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naycation. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “naycation,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/naycation.

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