The word Wal-Mart is pushing on you this summer is Staycation.

Stay·ca·tion [stey-key-shuh-n] noun.

1. A vacation that is spent at one’s home enjoying all that home and one’s home environs have to offer.

Sentence: With the economy in such shambles, I’m gonna take a staycation this year - I think I’ll check out what Wal-Mart is selling and later come up with some more portmanteaux…

Definition via Urbandictionary.

[Update from Heywood]: Check out John Hodgman’s piece on the “Holistay.”

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