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African time

British  

noun

  1. slang unpunctuality

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"It is the time for us to improve. This is the African time and especially the Senegalese time. It is time for us to come back."

From BBC • Dec. 3, 2022

But in reality African time is compressed - so that many events and histories occur within the blinking of some divine eye.

From BBC • May 3, 2011

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