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Work

🇸🇱 Sierra Leone Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Work (Work)

"Ah dae go work. (I'm going to work.)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇸🇱 Sierra Leone
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1 community definition
Added
April 2026

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Work 🇳🇬 Nigeria

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Work 🇺🇬 Uganda

Work (Work)

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🇸🇱 About Sierra Leone Slang

Sierra Leone slang captures the everyday language, street expressions, and cultural vocabulary of its people.

KASINARY has 1301 Sierra Leone slang words collected from native speakers.

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🌍 "Work" Across Africa

This word is also used in 6 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Work 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Job or slay
Work 🇺🇬 Uganda

Work (Work)
Work 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Job or slay
Work 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso

Work (Work - English/French)
Work 🇱🇷 Liberia

Labor/Employment (Work)
Work

Job or slay

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