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Flacking

A Quidditch foul committed by the Keeper, which consists of pushing any part of his or her body through the back of the goal hoop to prevent a score (QA6).

Flacking will have been one of the fouls committed during the first Quidditch World Cup match (QA6).

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Commentary

Etymology

The word "flack" (English) means criticism and censure. There is also an American word "flacking" meaning publicising or promoting. The Quidditch foul gives us a completely new meaning.

From the Web

Writing by J.K. Rowling on Pottermore: History of the Quidditch World Cup

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Quidditch
All-Africa Cup Attack of the Killer Forest Australian Quidditch League Beat Back Those Bludgers, Boys, and Chuck That Quaffle Here Beater Beaters’ bats Blagging Blatching Blooder Bludger Bludger Backbeat Blurting Bottom-of-the-Table Bumphing Captain of Quidditch Catcher Chaser Cobbing Cuaditch Dissimulators Dopplebeater Defence Double Eight Loop European Cup Flacking Flier Formation Looping
Foul Goals Golden Snitch Haversacking Hawkshead Attacking Formation Hunter Keeper Kwidditch League Cup Long Goal Mascot Restriction Parkin’s Pincer Penalty Pennifold Quaffle Pitch Plumpton Pass Porskoff Ploy Quaffle Quaffle-off Quafflepocking Quidditch Cup Quidditch Team Quidditch Team Manager Quidditch Team Mascots Quidditch Teams of Africa Quidditch Teams of Asia and Oceania
Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland Quidditch Teams of Europe Quidditch Teams of Hogwarts Quidditch Teams of the Americas Quidditch Through the Ages Quidditch Tryouts Quidditch World Cup Quijudge Reverse Pass Royston Idlewind and the Dissimulators Scoring Area Seeker Skinning Sloth Grip Roll Snitchnip Starfish and Stick Starfish Without Stick Stingers Stooging Tournament that Nobody Remembers Transylvanian Tackle United States Cup Weasley is Our King Woollongong Shimmy Wronski Defensive Feint
Timeline
Sources
Quidditch Through the Ages Chapter 6