nakation

nakation
 n.— «In 2007, nude recreation represented a $440 million industry—up from $400 million in 2001 and $200 million in 1992—and it’s still growing, says the American Association for Nude Recreation, which promotes au natural vacations as “nakations.”» —“No Shoes, No Shirt, No Worries” by Michelle Higgins New York Times Apr. 27, 2008. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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  • I love the word “nakation” and it really describes what it’s all about. As in “Last summer, ‘We went on a week’s nakation in northern Ontario’, The wife loved, no clothes to wash after we got home.”

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