English

Verb

staycate ‎(third-person singular simple present staycates, present participle staycating, simple past and past participle staycated)

1. (neologism, informal) To vacation close to home; staycation.
   • 2010, jenni-in-london.blogspot.com/2010/08/staycated.htmlCached:

     Our staycation was stayed or maybe that would be staycated by the one thing I never miss living here in London — the need for a car that is always road ready to leap into necessary action.

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

     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.

   • 2012, Tejvir Singh, Critical Debates in Tourism:

     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.