galamsey

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A Ghanaian word for digging up dirt and gold like it's your last chance to escape poverty before your grandma dies of malaria.

'I'm doing galamsey because my phone bill is due and I have no money.'

'He’s been galamsey-ing since dawn and still hasn’t found a single gold nugget.'

'Galamsey is just fancy word for ‘I’m gonna dig until my hands fall off.’'

A dirty job where people dig holes in the ground until their shoes fall apart and they start questioning their life choices.

'I got a gold nugget, but my foot is now a permanent part of the earth.'

'She’s doing galamsey because her ex left her for a gold bar.'

'Galamsey is the only thing keeping me from burning my house down.'

A Ghanaian version of a treasure hunt, but instead of clues, you get blisters and gold dust in your hair.

'I found gold, but my brother found a snake. We both lost.'

'Galamsey is like a gold version of being a homeless person.'

'She’s so into galamsey, she’s digging holes in her neighbor’s yard now.'