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maf⋅fick

  [maf-ik]
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–verb (used without object) British.
to celebrate with extravagant public demonstrations.
Origin:
1895–1900; back formation from Mafeking, taken as v. + -ing 1 ; the relief of the besieged city was joyously celebrated in London

Related forms:
maf⋅fick⋅er, noun
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maf·fick   (māf'ĭk)   
intr.v.   maf·ficked, maf·fick·ing, maf·ficks Chiefly British
To rejoice or celebrate with boisterous public demonstrations.

[After Mafeking, South Africa, town with a British garrison besieged for 217 days during the Boer War whose relief (May 17, 1900) was celebrated in London.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

maffick 
"to celebrate boisterously," 1900, from Mafficking, a nonce-verb formed punningly from Mafeking, British garrison town in South Africa whose relief on May 17, 1900, during the Boer War, was celebrated wildly in London. OED reports the word "confined to journalistic use."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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