maffick

[ maf-ik ]

verb (used without object)

, British.

1. to celebrate with extravagant public demonstrations.

maffick

/ ˈmæfɪk /

verb

1. archaic.
   intr to celebrate extravagantly and publicly

Derived Forms

• ˈmafficker, noun

Other Words From

• maffick·er noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of maffick¹

First recorded in 1895–1900; back formation from Mafeking, jocularly taken as gerund of verb maffick + -ing ¹ (the relief of the besieged city was joyously celebrated in London)

Word History and Origins

Origin of maffick¹

C20: back formation from Mafeking (now Mafikeng), from the rejoicings at the relief of the siege there in 1900

Example Sentences

Anissa Naouai, chief executive of Maffick, a company with RT links and one of Putin’s staunchest defenders for years, announced Tuesday she was “cutting all ties with RT,” posting a black banner on Twitter with the words “Russia without Putin.”

From Washington Post

"There's no top-down editorial memo that goes out, nothing like that," says J Ray Sparks, an American who is chief operating officer of Maffick, the German company that produces In The NOW.

From BBC

Photograph: Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images From the relief of Mafikeng in 1900 came a new word: to maffick, which means to celebrate unduly.

From The Guardian

At World Cups you have to maffick while you can.

From The Guardian

An example of a word which was at first used as slang not many years ago, and is now, if not the most elegant English, at least a quite respectable word for newspaper use, is maffick.

From Project Gutenberg