Meaning & use
vacay
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Informal shortened form of 'vacation'.
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We're planning a beach vacay for next summer.
She posted photos from her vacay in Italy all over social media.
A note on using this word
A casual clipping popular in spoken and social-media English since the early 2000s.
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