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Jamaican Patois · Verbs and actions

Link

To meet up, connect; a meet-up or date

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Also written
Link up

What “Link” means

To link (or link up) means to meet up or get together with someone. As a noun, a "link" is a meet-up, and in dating talk it can mean a date or someone you are casually seeing.

Examples

Wi link up tomorrow

Let's meet up tomorrow

Mek wi link up dis weekend

Let's meet up this weekend

How to use it

Casual and very common with friends and in dating. It suits plans with peers more than formal appointments.

Where usage varies

The "meet up" sense is also widely used in UK and Toronto slang, where it spread partly through Jamaican communities.