Slang of the Week: One Day Mafatu!


51V1WsWArGL._SL500_AA240_One Day Mafatu: Soon; eventually; Used to declare your intentions are on track, and will happen…just not today.

A promise of future vengeance for a real or perceived wrong;

(I’m not too sure of the origins, but Mafatu was the main character from Armstrong Sperry’s growing up novel, The Boy Who Was Afraid.)

I know I should be saving my money but… I will. One day mafatu.

Yeah you wait there boy – one day I gonna smack your face properly saraga. One day Mafatu…

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  1. #1 by wendy on October 29th, 2009

    Hey, that is a very old book! I was teaching that in English way back in the 60s – perhaps at Penang Sangam High School. Is the book still being taught in Fiji?
    w.

  2. #2 by Wilson on October 29th, 2009

    Yep – loved that book :) Hmmm don’t know if its still in the curriculum – i dont think so though :(

  3. #3 by Kania Tiko on November 5th, 2009

    I think your definition is wrong, isn’t it really about a promise of future vengeance for a real or perceived wrong?

  4. #4 by Wilson on November 19th, 2009

    Hmmm good point. While I’ve never really used it that way, I have heard it like that. I guess it could come down to a promise that for sure, something’s going to go down in the near future. Slangs are kinda subjective :P I’ve added your version in the post.

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