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nearcation

noun

Etymology

Blend of near + vacation.

  1. derived from vacātiō
  2. derived from vacacion
  3. derived from vacacioun
  4. inherited from vacation
  5. compounded as nearcation — “near + vacation”

Definitions

  1. A vacation to a destination relatively close to one's home.

    • Economic downturns and high gas prices may restrain the urge to travel, but they don't eliminate it. To fill this ever-present urge, people replace vacations to faraway places with “staycations” or “nearcations.”
    • My 'nearcation' was in Brittany, France's very own Celtic fringe where you're most likely to feel at home if you're from Ireland.
    • "But if petrol prices stay high and rail fares continue to rise, staycations may increasingly evolve into 'nearcations'."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nearcation. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA