Belarusians have been posting photographs and videos of themselves working naked to social media after a slip of the tongue by the country's president.

President Alexander Lukashenko, informally called 'Daddy' by his countrymen, made the gaffe while giving a speech at a forum on innovation and emerging information technologies on June 23.

"We must, in short, undress and work," Mr Lukashenko declared.

But in Belarusian, the words for "undress" and "develop" sound alike and what he actually meant to say was: "We must, in short, develop and work."

Office workers uploaded this image, showing shirtless solidarity (Instagram/ssnnooppooyy)

Two men converse while completely nude, in this image uploaded to their corporate acount (Instagram/goodrankby)

A musician shields his boy parts with a briefcase (Instagram/artem_soroka)

There is no indication of whether the photos are helping boost business (Instagram/julia_blackcat)

Since then, Belarusians have been taking to social media to show themselves hard at work while wearing hardly anything.

Dozens of office-based employees, musicians, journalists, construction workers and media personalities have made light of the gaffe by posting gag images of themselves to social media - shielding their most private parts with computers, musical instruments and tools.

Many of the images have gone viral after being given the hashtag: #getnakedandgotowork

But office workers, clearly looking for a reprieve from their normal mundane days, have been the ones to get behind the movement the most (Instagram/artur_fastovec)

Retail workers are also taking the opportunity to dress less (Instagram/ironmitt)

As are sales people (Instagram/maxim_chadovich)

But constructions workers and tradespeople are possibly advised to exercise more caution (Instagram/fro_marina)

Despite the laughs, many of those participating are using it as a creative way to poke light at their leader's despotic rule.