STOP saying holibobs!

[MyDadWasAnArse]

And for reference, going to Northumberland for two weeks when you live in Burnley isn't a staycation it's a holiday, caller to the radio earlier!

I'm going on holinobs with my furbabies next week.

God so agree with this!

Date night with this one - makes me absolutely boak.

It can be either when you go on holiday in your own country OR when stay at home and go to places for days out. So the person in the radio was not wrong

It can be either when you go on holiday in your own country OR when stay at home and go to places for days out. So the person in the radio was not wrong

No, that is only one definition. I heard the other one first.

I'm going on my holibobs soon, really looking forward to it!

Tessies is hilariously awful and I'm going to start saying this just to annoy my partner. (Yes I am very immature but he happily winds me up with similar things).

I cannot stand this. Because of course ‘girls’ (not women, but girls) have teeny tiny appetites and just like to pick at things without eating proper meals. I’m actually surprised that M&S have gone with something so bad.

Sorry, but I don’t remember the word ‘staycation’ pre the 2020 lockdown, then it cropped up as an alternative to hols to mean staying at home and holiday style days out (if you live in the South East, ruinously expensive…). Staycation as a UK holiday did not exist prior to that. Maybe language has evolved since, but honestly, a UK holiday is still a holiday for many.

I'm not. M&S lost the plot some years ago.

True, but more specifically than that you need to be in your own house.

A 5hr drive from point A to B....... that's a roadtrip!!!!😖

Three sleeps till my holibobs! And my lobotomy!

This could literally have been spoken by my Westcountry friend. Word for word.

It’s not more specifically that, it’s either of those not one more than the other

While people are at it they can stop saying "Hubby" it sounds ridiculous

I call them holidogs, because my dog always comes with me.

Oh dear OP, they're jollibobs round here.

A portmanteau of hollibobs and going on your jollies.

I'm sorry if that's even worse

I thought a staycation was when you book leave from work but don't go away anywhere.
I used to know someone who said that it was not a holiday if it was not abroad.

It's definitely more the staying at home one. That makes sense linguistically because of the word 'stay'.

A STAYcation to describe the very act of leaving your home to go somewhere else is clearly silly.

I see above that the online dictionary has adapted to people using it incorrectly, but I will not. If you're not staying where you are it's not a STAYcation. The OP is correct that people who can't comprehend this are worth avoiding.

The act of packing up your stuff and moving somewhere else for a period of time for fun or relaxation is traditionally called a 'holiday'.

I also hate when people say ‘doggo’ or ‘kiddo’ 🥴

Honestly I hate it too but I now have an enormous urge to use it just because someone has told me not to 😆

Don’t forget your welligogs!

Simples enrages me

usually used by someone that hasn’t read the post either

OP “I need a new job but I can’t drive as I’m severely visually impaired”

first post “driving is easy, just do automatic. Simples”

Until this thread, I didn't know this word referred to a holiday! I have no idea why, but I thought it was a strange reference to Holly Willoughby 😕