maffick means the boisterous celebration of a victory. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 90 out of 100.
maffick is pronounced /ˈmæfɪk/.
Why “maffick” is a great word
MAFFICK — [Verb] To celebrate a victory or joyous occasion with boisterous, exuberant, and often public revelry. A humorous back-formation from the place name Mafeking, treated as if it were the present participle 'mafficking' of a verb 'to maffick', originating from the uproarious public celebrations in London following the relief of the siege of Mafeking during the Second Boer War in May 1900. First recorded in 1900. Unlike "revel," which implies general, indulgent merrymaking, or "commemorate," which suggests a formal, solemn observance, to maffick is to enact a collective, nationalistic catharsis. It is the spontaneous flood of strangers into the streets, the bonfire fed with anything combustible, and the ecstatic, dissonant chorus of a thousand voices—a fleeting, sanctioned suspension of order where victory is felt not as an idea, but as a deafening physical force before the mundane world returns.
Etymology
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.
noun
- The boisterous celebration of a victory.“But far the greater number of the inhabitants lead a sober life, only breaking out into occasional excess on “mafficks” of authorised national rejoicing, on the days of public holiday, or on the last night of the year, and other periods of unusual solemnity.”
verb
- To celebrate a victory in a boisterous manner.“[…] we crown our work by putting into our children’s hands a book that reeks of Jingoism, Imperialism, and Patriotism; that “mafficks” on every other page, that sings the glories of all the ruffianly kings who bore rule in the Dark Ages, and never fails to applaud their most disreputable military adventures!”