vacation bank — n. An employee s yearly allotment of vacation days. Example Citations: The survey also found U.S. employees tend to divide their time off into one full power week, utilizing the rest of their vacation bank as days sprinkled across the calendar to … New words
vacation deprivation — n. Foregoing vacation days because of busyness at work. vacation deprived adj. Example Citations: Workers are expected to give back 574 million vacation days in 2006, depriving themselves of much needed breaks, according to Expedia.com s annual… … New words
fake-ation — n. A vacation where a significant amount of time is spent reading email and performing other work related tasks. Also: fakeation, fakation, facation. [fake + vacation.] fake ationer n. Example Citations: Forget about staycations. They re so 2008 … New words
staycation — n. A stay at home vacation. Also: stay cation. staycationer n. Example Citations: Amy and Adam Geurden of Hollandtown, Wis., had planned a long summer of short, fun getaways with their kids, Eric, 6, Holly, 3, and Jake, 2. In the works were water … New words
microvacation — (my.kroh.vay.KAY.shun) n. A very short vacation. Also: micro vacation. Example Citation: Europeans tend to take longer vacations, but over 60 percent of Americans prefer shorter trips. The average American spends only 4.3 nights of vacation away… … New words
daycation — n. A day trip or other short vacation that does not require an overnight stay. Also: day cation. daycationer n. Example Citations: If you don t have the time or the money for vacation this summer, maybe you can spare a few hours for a daycation.… … New words
nanobreak — n. A brief vacation, particularly one that includes just one night away from home. Also: nano break. Example Citations: Anticipating this newly emerging travel trend, Hotels.com has planned special discounts on hotels in the Asia Pacific,… … New words
naycation — n. Time off from work spent without travelling and without spending money on leisure activities. Also: nay cation. naycationer n. Example Citations: Naycation? No way. With gas prices dropping, it s time to plot a summer road trip. The best new… … New words
Travel and Tourism — agritourist apple tourist architourist baggage malaria barefoot luxury black hole resort black water rafting … New words
vacationary — n. A person who performs short term missionary work, particularly as part of a vacation. [Vacation + missionary] Example Citations: His accusations, now pouring forth with considerable force, were directed at the naive vacationaries spending… … New words
