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Back-formation from Mafeking, humorously treated as if it were a present participle (mafficking), from the celebrations in London after the relief of Mafeking during the Boer War.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Back-formation from Mafeking, humorously treated as if it were a present participle (mafficking), from the celebrations in London after the relief of Mafeking during the Boer War.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.