nearcation
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A vacation to a destination relatively close to one's home.
Example Sentences
- "Economic downturns and high gas prices may restrain the urge to travel, but they don't eliminate it. To fill this ever-present urge, people replace vacations to faraway places with “staycations” or “nearcations.”"
- "My 'nearcation' was in Brittany, France's very own Celtic fringe where you're most likely to feel at home if you're from Ireland."
- ""But if petrol prices stay high and rail fares continue to rise, staycations may increasingly evolve into 'nearcations'.""