Fauxcation Edit Meaning

1.

(n.) A vacation that is neither restful nor restorative. Frequently occurs during holiday trips when either work or family obligations affect one's ability to relax.

After our dog ate our host's couch, we were on fauxcation.

My mother's endless nagging turned our beach trip into fauxcation.

See vacation, staycation, holiday, trip

2.

A fake vacation from work. Time spent doing work away from the office...under the facade of a vacation.

She claimed she was taking a one week hiatus to St. Maarten with the girls, but Ngozi turned the trip into a total fauxcation. She called clients on her Blackberry during massages and checked her e-mail while "lounging" on the beach.

See faux-cation, fake, vacation, faux, work