STOP saying holibobs!

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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!

No!

I love going on my holibobs with the famalam. It makes me happy to say those words even though both the location and the family are shit.

I dislike the s word too. It’s lmplying that a holiday in the UK isn’t a proper holiday.

Hashtag blessed & making memories are the worst. I use “jollies” 😂 Also hate “busy mum” or “busy working mum” 🤮

No, you don't!

I haven't read the thread but THANK YOU! I also hate holibobs and staycation being used incorrectly.

I love staycations where I am home but do day trips. I love being a tourist in my own city.

Yes you do.

Can I say holibobs in an ironic way? In my head it is...

Urgh, you've reminded me of another one I hate.

"My DS has severe autism"

"I've got severe OCD"

"I've got severe depression"

"I'm severely disabled"

"I've got severe IBS"

"DD has a severe reaction to woolly jumpers and comes out with severe rashes"

"I'm severely short sighted "

"I had severe COVID"

"I've got a severe mental health problem"

"I've got a severe throat infection"

I could go on and on and on. And what it translates to to me is "I've got the same thing as all the other sufferers of said ailment, but mine is so much worse than yours " it instantly makes me think the person is prone to embellishment and that you can probably shave off 50% of the severity measured against a normal benchmark of severity.

As a pp said.

STAYCATION:

A holiday spent in one's home country rather than abroad, or one spent at home and involving day trips to local attractions.

So both camps are right.

Chillax OP. You're giving angry!

I didn't have holidays as a child..my week at Butlins was a staycation ..wait...it was our annual holiday!
I suppose it sorts people out, probably the same ones who say 'pacifically' instead of specifically, 'brought' instead of bought, and Chester Drawers..😂

People aren’t using it incorrectly, the modern way is staying in your home country. So it might not be the original but that doesn’t mean it’s wrong

Are you going with your familam? 😆

Eleventy billion hollibobs with the hubby hubster 😆

To be fair, there is such a thing as Severe Mental Illness, and GPs keep a register of people with it. People with SMI were classed as in the vulnerable group when it came to the Covid jab roll out.
Also, Severe Mental Impairment. People with that are exempt from paying council tax.

Well it is wrong, as explained, because it makes no linguistic sense.

Unfortunately, so many people are using it incorrectly that it's now seemingly become correct through common usage. But we can fight back against these idiots.

Stand strong!

A STAYcation involves STAYING where you are, not going somewhere else. It couldn't be more simple to understand.

A holiday involves packing up your things and moving to a novel location for a period of fun and/or relaxation.

You're a monster.

Exactly this. I think it's fine to use to describe a time where you stay at home but have day trips etc but holidaying in Scotland if you live in London is a holiday, not a staycation and to use the word in that way makes travel seem lesser for those who don't go abroad.

Yes, I think Staycation did USED to mean using holiday leave, and staying at home/in your house (and doing day trips to attractions in your own country.) But it also means going away and holidaying in your own country. Which is quite confusing.....

I think that the original meaning (staying at home and doing fun stuff/a few day trips on the days off you booked/arranged,) is what a Staycation should be really (as you are staying at home.) If you're on holiday in your own country (and staying away from home,) it's a holiday.... I wonder when 'Staycation' started to mean being on holiday (but in your own country..) ?

Some people can have more than one thought in a day.

Going anywhere in the UK isn’t a “holiday” it’s a trip. Uk “holidays” are shit

I thought vacation was more a US term, so staycation is too.
People booking leave from work book leave. It is just time away from the workplace. They don't tend to say booking holiday as that is something different.
But in the US, vacation is both taking leave and/or going on holiday. As I understand it anyway.

Speak for yourself. All I can afford is UK holidays, and they are not shit. I enjoy them.

beat me to it.

let me add to it:

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No I know. I do accept that for sure. But that wasn't the point of my post. And it probably isn't the people with actual diagnosed SMI using it in that way.

agree! there are many beautiful beaches here in the UK, and we've had a fantastic weather this summer.

So much easier to travel too- load up the car and take whatever you want!