Wow. just wow.
I would like to toast to old friends, loves, intimates and aquaintences. sunshine and thunderstorms, flowers, ants and mud. candles and green tables. Smiles laughter and silly words of the day. kitties and doggies and birdies. Love and beauty and truth. May they all exist forever more. ~cheers~
today's word.
maffick \MAFF-ik\ verb : to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Example sentence:
In 1904, author H.H. Munro penned, "Mother, may I go and maffick, / Tear about and hinder traffic" in his sardonic satire about the South African War, "Reginald's Peace Poem."
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now less common.
Life is good. Even though it's not perfect, it's good. I'm happy.
~Figment
this name will be changed soon...
ps random. and neat. does anyone know any more on this???
I would like to toast to old friends, loves, intimates and aquaintences. sunshine and thunderstorms, flowers, ants and mud. candles and green tables. Smiles laughter and silly words of the day. kitties and doggies and birdies. Love and beauty and truth. May they all exist forever more. ~cheers~
today's word.
maffick \MAFF-ik\ verb : to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Example sentence:
In 1904, author H.H. Munro penned, "Mother, may I go and maffick, / Tear about and hinder traffic" in his sardonic satire about the South African War, "Reginald's Peace Poem."
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now less common.
Life is good. Even though it's not perfect, it's good. I'm happy.
~Figment
this name will be changed soon...
ps random. and neat. does anyone know any more on this???
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you really find these odd words, i never ever ever heard of maffick, very cool word indeed