Country Dictionary

fakation

Having time off from your real job but being so busy that you end up working harder than you do at work.

"Dude, you have like a week off!"

"Yeah what a FAKATION. I've got more to do now; I'd rather be at work."

Fakation

A company-mandated unpaid vacation, becoming more and more common as the economy sours.

"Dude, why aren't you working today?"

"I'm on fakation. I can't afford to go anywhere, 'cuz it's unpaid."

fakation

To fake sick in order to have a "vacation" day.

My vacation days are all for Christmas through New Year, so I took a couple of fakation days in the summer.

fakation

A vacation that is lacking, either because it is too short or the location is too ordinary.

In comparison to my two-month backpacking adventure in Central America, the 3 night stay in Vegas was a fakation.

Fakat

For T'boli tribe,a lumad in southern Philippines, fakat means friend.

Oh! Fakat mu go dini! (Hey! Friend, come here!