Etymology

maffick

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Today it means: To celebrate a victory in a boisterous manner. Full definition →

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The story

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.