Homecation

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A vacation spent at home or close to home; a staycation. informal

    "Vaction time has come to this fair land but with the price of gas and the dismal prospects of flying (airlines will soon be taking out all the seats in a plane, giving poles to passengers so they can shove them up their rearends and sit anywhere or beat each other up with them enroute), it is time to consider a homecation."

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"Vaction time has come to this fair land but with the price of gas and the dismal prospects of flying (airlines will soon be taking out all the seats in a plane, giving poles to passengers so they can shove them up their rearends and sit anywhere or beat each other up with them enroute), it is time to consider a homecation."

Etymology

Blend of home + vacation.

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