The word staycation is a portmanteau of stay (meaning stay-at-home) and vacation. The terms "holistay" and "daycation" are also sometimes used. The earliest references to this term as coming from a 2003 article by Terry Massey in The Sun News.
What is the meaning of the idiom staycation?
: a vacation spent at home or nearby.
What do British people say instead of vacation?
No, we say holiday instead of “vacation”; while the plural is “holidays”, idiosyncratically some people will say “we've just been on our holidays” as well. Virtually all British people will understand vacation from TV programmes and films.
Where did the term staycation come from?
What is the British term for vacation?
You use holiday (or holidays) in British English and vacation in North American English to describe the regular periods of time when you are not at work or school, or time that you spend travelling or resting away from home: I get four weeks' holiday/vacation a year.
What do Canadians call vacation?
Holiday: Canadians use the term “holiday” interchangeably with “vacation.” E.g., “When are you taking your holiday this year?” “I think I might go on holiday in July.”
Why do Americans say vacation and Brits say holiday?
Vacation comes from the French vacances (in French the word is always plural) whereas British English uses a word that derives from Holy Day. Americans use “holiday” to mean an officially recognized day of significance, whether religious or not: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Independence Day (!!), etc.
What is the American word for vacation?
The term 'holiday' can be used both as singular and plural (holidays), for example, 'Christmas is a public holiday in our country. ' At the same time, 'vacation' is an American English word that means a long time off from work (be it school or work).