Word-if-ication

Has anybody else noticed a recent trend to add the suffix "-cation" at the end of regular sounding words to make them sound fun, vibrant, and uplifting? Once upon a time in past decades it was a perennial tradition for people to jump on a plane and take a "vacation". But we're all poor now because banking turdbags have taken all of our money so marketing weinies and quote-journalists-unquote have decided that we need new words to raise our spirits up high. It began last summer when prices for gas and airline tickets spiked and the country began taking "staycations" (I am relieved for spellchecker to tell me that this is not a word), where families would, presumably, enjoy quality time at home instead of flying to Florida to worship at the alter of the 6-foot tall mouse. Now the phrase that is in vogue is the "day-vacation" which refers to a simple lifestyle where mom and dad will bring to little ones to a local water park or (if Exxon/Mobil "On The Run" advertisements are to be believed) to the gas station to fill up on Gatorade. So where is this trend heading towards? I have a few ideas. Instead of spending tens of thousands of dollars on elaborate dresses and fancy receptions, weddings of the future will be "bride-cations" and "groom-cations" where the happy couple will go down to a big public hall with a beauty salon on one side, a bar containing big screen TV's showing sports on the other side, and a buffet table in the middle. Enjoyable, informal, relaxing, and cheap enough to hold the bonds of marriage together for many decades. You won't own any cars in the future. You'll hail a taxi or ride a train or bus everywhere and call it a "trip-cation". People will stop going out on dates due the social pressures and the exorbitant costs of impressing potential mates. Instead, you'll just jump into bed and sort out your compatibility during a "lay-vacation" to see if you're right for each other. And if you can't find a potential mate to engage in this last activity, you can rest easy knowing you can hire somebody and take them on a "wh0re-cation" with you. Not feeling good enough to go to work? Flu-cation. Injured because of somebody's negligence? Sue-cation. Visiting your uncle at his farm? Moo-cation. Taking your dog out for a walk? Poo-cation. Wanna feel like a king? Master-cation. Just want to get away from all this idiosyncratic phraseology? Then, maybe it's time to head over to your travel agent and get them to book you a real, honest vacation.