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31 August 2009

Monday's Word - Staycationmooning?

I think I have a strange sense of humour. As you know, I usually 'borrow' a word from Michael Quinion's weekly 'World Wide Words. This one caught my eye.

"The nearly-new neologism STAYCATION, for holidaying at home, has become almost as popular in the UK as it has in the US. Various British newspapers, short of news at this tag-end of the silly season, have this week reported receiving a PR e-mail from an online holiday company. It claimed to have seen a 41% increase in customers enquiring about honeymoons in the UK and a 448% increase
in enquiries over the last two years. Its press release was headed "Honeymooning at home - the rise of the STAYCATION-MOON". So much
derision has been poured on it that the likelihood of encountering STAYCATION-MOONERS or STAYCATION-MOONING seems thankfully slight."

Well, as a futuristic, fantasy writer this, caused me to visualise newly married couples leaving en masse for the moon - well I told you I had a weird sense of humour.

In fact, the term 'honeymoon' is said to originate from the tradition that the in-laws of the couple were required to supply a month's worth of mead or honey wine. Some say that it's because a newly married couple would be like the waxing and waning of the moon - that the heady passion of the first few days would gradually dwindle until they settled down into the routine of an 'old married couple.' Ah well, on seond thoughts I think it's doubtful I'm going to use the word 'stacation-moon' very much in my futuristic romances.


*Thanks to Michael Quinion of WORLD WIDE WORDS. World Wide Words is copyright (c) Michael Quinion 2009. All rights reserved. The Words Web site is at http://www.worldwidewords.org
Posted by Hywela Lyn at 12:47 am

4 comments:

  1. Beth Caudill31 August 2009 at 15:44

    Is like the people who take vacation from work to stay at home so they can do work around the house? You know paint, re-tile, build an edition, etc.

    What's the point of having a honeymoon and staying at home. Although cheaper....I think the honeymoon is the one excuse to go somewhere exotic.

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  2. Sheila Deeth31 August 2009 at 19:31

    I think we share a weird sense of humor. That's exactly what I found myself thinking.

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  3. Kathye Quick1 September 2009 at 01:05

    There is a New Moon celebration in my neighborhood soon. It's kinda a staycation. Sept 18 with a fire ceremony. Hope it isn;t warm out!

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  4. Hywela Lyn1 September 2009 at 12:04

    Thanks for stopping by and commentng, Beth, Sheila and Kathye.

    I love the sound of a 'New Moon' celebration Kathy, I hope you have a great time.

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