Maffick Definition

măfĭk
mafficks
verb
To celebrate in an exuberant, unrestrained manner.
Webster's New World

Origin of Maffick

  • 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

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Back-formation from Mafeking punningly treated as a present participle, from the celebrations in London after the relief of Mafeking during the Boer War.

    From Wiktionary

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