Hayffie

English

Etymology

Blend of Haymitch +‎ Effie.

Proper noun

Hayffie

1. (fandom slang) The ship of characters Haymitch Abernathy and Effie Trinket from The Hunger Games series.
   • 2014, Nicola Balkind, Fan Phenomena: The Hunger Games‎^[1], page 142:

     Effie/Haymitch or 'Hayffie' has been comically acknowledged by the actress Elizabeth Banks, who plays Effie, […]

   • 2015 December 21, Bill Bradley, “Elizabeth Banks Drops A 'Hunger Games' Bombshell About Effie And Haymitch”, in HuffPost:

     Near the end of the movie, it finally happens. As they're saying goodbye, Effie and Haymitch plant a big wet one on each other. Then, all of Panem probably rejoices. Hayffie (Haymitch + Effie) appears to be a thing.

   • 2016, Misty Nichole Horning, "Responding to the Storyworld of The Hunger Games through a Fan Fiction Fandom", thesis submitted to the University of New Mexico, page 105:

     With a romantic relationship between these two characters not explored within the stories, there are many fan fiction writers who choose to create one, thus creating Hayffie fan fiction.