Vol. 10 · Portmanteaus ·Late 20th century ·2003
Staycation
stay vacation
- Meaning
- A holiday spent at home or nearby rather than travelling abroad.
- Source words
- stay + vacation
- Coined by
- Canadian press
- Year
- 2003
Background
An earlier use appears in *The Cincinnati Enquirer* in 1944, but the word didn't take hold until the post-2008 recession made budget-conscious holidays a news topic.
Late 20th century
Marketing, media, and the early internet. Infomercial, emoticon, workaholic — the coinages name phenomena of mass media and white-collar life. Several predate the decades they're associated with.
Two words, one coinage.
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