Editor's Corner

Tis the season for packing a bag and going somewhere new and exciting…or maybe not. I was in a meeting the other day and someone mentioned a website called Pack Up and Go, a vacation planner you give your budget and details to (where you’ve been lately, what kind of vacation you like, how long you want to be away, etc.), and they plan your holiday. The clincher is that to save some money, you don’t know where they’re going to send you!

I don’t know, it sounds kind of fun to me. There are so many beautiful places in the world…it could be a blast!

Anyway, I thought that this dictionary.com article might be neat, too. It’s called Pack Your Bags! 6 Current Travel Slang Terms to Take on Your Next Trip. I’m just going to sum it up for you, though, because it wasn’t as “neat” as I expected it to be.

baecation

The word baecation simply refers to any vacation spent with your bae, your romantic partner.

Baecation is formed similarly to the word staycation–meaning a vacation where someone stays home–which has become a mainstay of travel lingo. [KC – I give it one star. It was invented for marketing and it’s lame.]

friendcation

As you might have guessed, the term friendcation refers to a vacation spent with friends.

As with baecation, friendcation is simply a hybrid construction that combines the word friend with the ending of the word vacation.

[KC – I give it half a star. C’mon. Where’s the imagination? And how hard is it to say, “I’m going on vacation with friends.”]

eduvacation

You know something that goes great with a vacation? Learning! The term eduvacation refers to a vacation or trip that involves learning about things. The term is broadly used and could refer to a wide variety of vacation destinations and activities, such as a trip to a famous museum, a tour of a cultural historic site, or a safari that teaches about animals.

[KC – Better! I give this term four stars because I’m biased. I love learning about people, places, and things on my vacations. Even if I’m chilling out with my parents
in Puerto Vallarta in the same place they go each year, there is always Spanish to practice and new things to learn.]

familymoon

A familymoon is a vacation for a newly married couple—and their children.

[KC – No. Just no. Zero stars. If you’re taking your kids, it’s a vacation, not a honeymoon. Separate but equal? Okay. Combining them? Icky.]

gramping

It is time to bridge the generational divide and go gramping. The word gramping refers to grandparents and their grandchildren going on vacation together. While this term can refer to camping trips, it is also used more broadly to refer to any kind of trip or travel that grandchildren spend with their grandparents.

It is formed similarly to the popularly used travel word glamping, which refers to glamorous camping in which a person brings luxuries on a camping trip.

[KC – I guess this article wasn’t for me. First, my dad doesn’t camp, my mom does. So, it would be “nanamping” or something for the grandkids. And I don’t get glamping—either
you want to risk a bear at your tent, or you want to wear lipstick and have cocktails. But at least
glamping is kind of a cute play on words. Gramping 1 star, glamping 3 stars.]

bleisure

Let’s get down to business and … go on vacation? The word bleisure is often used in the phrase “bleisure travel” to refer to a combination of business and leisure travel.

[KC – This sounds more like “blah leisure,” which also goes in the crappola category for me. Go on vacation! Enjoy your leisure. Leave your laptop at home!]

Well, I’m all for vacation and leisure with friends and family, but I think I’m going to do it without these new words. What a stinker I am!

Kara

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