staycate

present singular third person staycates · participle present staycating · participle past staycated · past staycated

1. informalintransitiveneologismrareTo vacation close to home; staycation.

   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.

   2011, Dena Riegel, Official Maine Staycation Manual

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   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.

   2011, David Crystal, The Story of English in 100 Words

   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.

   2012, Tejvir Singh, Critical Debates in Tourism