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Vacationing 

The American custom of leaving both your brain and your house vacant for a half night and then 8 and one half days out of each year so you can keep your bank account vacant for half a week and 8 and one half months out of each year.
"Here's the vacationing plan family; on Friday after school mom will pack the snacks while everyone else tries to pack their clothes and toys, after everyone is done, mom makes adjustments on everyone's choice of clothing while everyone else makes adjustments on the health level of the snacks provided. Next, we leave California in time to check into the hotel in Vegas before checkout time so we have an hour to sleep so we don't waste the night that we already payed for in advance. Then we buy the necessities we forgot and drive across the country to get to Florida by Tuesday before midnight so we can get at least 4 hours of sleep before spending 2 half days and one night in the Disney World Resort and buy mom sneakers and use the kids' help to vacate the rest of Dad's savings accounts and max out the credit cards. We won't be able to afford another night at the resort so we take a 30 minute nap before checkout and shove what we can in the trunk and attempt to make it back to California in time to take a 30 minute nap before school starts and while Dad is sleeping on his desk at work Mom digs into her hidden cash stash to pay the speeding tickets and buy AAA insurance for next year's vacation."
Vacationing by pastoryoshi November 14, 2011

Vacationing Down 

The period of time when you get back from a vacation and you are still completely lazy, don't do any chores, respond to text messages... etc.
Hey does John hate me or something? I haven't heard from him in weeks!

No it's all good, he's still Vacationing Down.

Vicariously vacationing 

when co-worker overshares about all their enjoyable, fun, adventurous escapades while on vacation, while you are stuck at work, dreaming of you, yourself one day leaving the office to go on vacation.
Todd: If you could get that email out by 9 a.m., that would be great. By the way, I’m on a boat right now watching killer whales! So exciting, right?!!

Nicole: Sure, Todd. Sounds great. Sure wish I could stop vicariously vacationing through you and go to Fiji!

Soft vacationing 

Doing the minimum requirements of one's job and putting in no more time, effort, or enthusiasm than absolutely necessary, but only for around two weeks because you've been working hard and you deserve it.
Brenda spent last month working overtime every day so for the next two weeks she's soft vacationing because she deserves it.
Soft vacationing by Luciditi January 25, 2023

quiet vacationing 

to vacation lowkey. to tell no one of your weekend endeavors. to not ask for time off but call in sick to enjoy life privately.
That girl is always quiet vacationing, nobody ever knows where she goes.

quiet vacationing 

Taking off work to vacation knowing you have used up all of your PTO time. Essentially calling out at the last minute
"Where's Sharkeisha she did she say she doesn't have vacation time."
"I don't know probably had or doctor's appointment or quiet vacationing lol"
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