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paycation

paycation noun: a job that allows someone to work remotely while visiting other cities and countries.

Noun

paycation (plural paycations)

  1. (neologism, work) A job that allows someone to work remotely while visiting other cities and countries.
    • That said, pay-cations are not vacations and I fear that conflating the two could have dyer^([sic]) consequences for the latter.2023 July 7, Lindsay Rogers, “What the Hell Is a “Pay-Cation”?”, in InsideHook

Forms of paycation

pluralpaycations

Origin of paycation

Coined in 2023.

Questions about paycation

What does paycation mean?
Paycation means a job that allows someone to work remotely while visiting other cities and countries.
What part of speech is paycation?
Paycation is a noun.
What is the plural of paycation?
The plural of paycation is paycations.

Words near paycation in the dictionary

  1. paybobs
  2. paybook
  3. paybooks
  4. paybox
  5. payboxes
  6. paycation
  7. paycheck
  8. paychecks
  9. paycheque
  10. paycheques
  11. paycock

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