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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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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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