The term staycation is of course a blend of the verb stay and the noun vacation. Following the use of vacation as a verb in American English, staycation is also used as an intransitive verb, with a corresponding participle noun staycationing. Staycation made its first appearance in American English about five years ago, but in the context of ailing economies on both sides of the Atlantic, has recently gained more significant exposure in both American and British English.