-cation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Back-formation from vacation; a libfix.
Pronunciation
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Audio (Southern England): (file)
Suffix
[edit]-cation
- (informal, sometimes humorous) Forms a more specific type of vacation, and sometimes ad-hoc nonce words. [from late 2000s]
- 2013 October 29, Chris Ngoon's appearance on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?[1], season 12, episode 42[2]:
"If you're trying to make someone feel bad, it's often said that you're laying a what on them?
A. Embarrassment journey B. Guilt trip C. Shamecation D. Humiliation expedition"
![[2]](https://i.imgur.com/J6vwIhD.png){kind=link}
Derived terms
[edit]- awaycation
- baecation
- bake-cation
- bakecation
- blogcation
- brocation
- codecation
- coolcation
- daycation
- fakation
- fake-ation
- famcation
- gaycation
- girlcation
- haycation
- homecation
- mancation
- mecation
- naycation
- nearcation
- oy vey-cation
- oyveycation
- petcation
- playcation
- praycation
- recation
- selfcation
- sexcation
- shamcation
- shamecation
- skication
- slumbercation
- snowcation
- spacation
- spaycation
- staycation
- streamcation
- vaxication
- vlogcation
- workcation