Stay-cation, day-cation, car-cation – when will we see the end of the urge to create these awful PR buzz words, created in an attempt to make the mundane seem a little more exciting?
Given that it’s highly unlikely that we’ll see this ridiculous trend finish anytime soon, I thought I’d take a sneaky look at the possible horrors that might appear in future press release and adverts. Here are a few ‘-cations’ that you shouldn’t be surprised to encounter:
Publi-cation - where every part of the trip is posted on your Facebook wall
Syndi-cation - a girly holiday
Allo-cation - a singles holiday for people who like to make many new friends
Medi-cation – a short post-event programme at the end of a doctors’ conference
Vindi-cation – a weekend break in the Scottish Western Isles
Domesti-cation - a special holiday for couples who enjoy a good argument
Notifi-cation - the opposite of the domesti-cation. This is a break where couples refrain from having a row for the duration of the holiday
Forni-cation – a holiday for people born with an extra pair of legs
Magnifi-cation – a break that’s guaranteed to have you singing its praises
Pacifi-cation – a holiday in Hawaii
Modifi-cation – a break for old men in slightly dodgy Parkas
Bifur-cation – a culinary break for the indecisive carnivore
Certifi-cation – a holiday for the insane
Vo-cation – an orienteering trip for Germans
You forgot Californi-cation – a holiday to South East Asian bars where cover bands only play Red Hot Chili Peppers songs. And communi-cation, where you get to stay in a muddy field with hippies, complaining about globalisation whilst slowly dying of gout.
Identifi-cation: a mystery tour.
Indi-cation: a holiday that eschews the comforts of the package operator.
Pontifi-cantion: a trip to the Vatican
Love it
“Vo-cation”… is it me or one needs to be Polish (or at least quarter Polish, in my case) to understand it? : )
Anna, it’s a poor play on the German word ‘wo’ meaning where
There’s also:
Celeb-rification: Creating a cartoon-like image of yourself through plastic surgery…(see Cartoon-ification).
Anything goes as long as it replaces ‘excited’. We are excited to announce, Brand x is excited to release.
I’m so excited, I just can’t hide it, I’m about to loose control and I think I like it…
Alter-cation – for men of the cloth, after they’ve been on their pontifi-cation obviously
Gentrifi-cation – posh kids roughing it in Dalston
Misallo-cation – holidays just for single ladies you want to make lots of new friends
Not sure about this one though:
‘Publi-cation – where every part of the trip is posted on your Facebook wall’
Isn’t that just called a blogtrip?
Very clever Andy!
How about this one?
Identifi-cation – a holiday where people go to find themselves again
Thanks for all the extra great suggestions – should expand the list to 30 now
Hi Andy: enjoyed your play on words and as an educator you neglected to mention the highly abused word edu-cation — where some self-editing would definetely not go astray.
Well done, thoroughly enjoyed the play on words.