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Definition: A code-mixing term used by real ABCs in Hong Kong to refer to an Asian who speaks English. Ie. Yellow on the outside and white on the inside. （香蕉）
Usage: E.g. I am not a banana! I know how to speak Chinese!Synonym: 香蕉
Definition: A code-mixing term that real ABC's like to use to show how easygoing they can be.
Usage: E.g. Hey bro！不如一齊食飯啦？
E.g. Hey bro！放工一齊打波呀？
Definition: A code-mixing term that westernised Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the sport of walking long distances on mountains because they have gotten so used to it and see it as a hobby rather than something laborious like '行山', which literally translates to 'walk mountain'.
Usage: E.g. 今個weekend去唔去hiking呀? 不如今次行遠D呀? (Do you want to go hiking this weekend? What about going on a longer trail?)Synonym: 行山Reference: https://letsgohiking.blog/
Definition: An Englishised code-mixing phrase that refers to someone who disappeared for a long time and no one knows where they went.
Usage: E.g. I will be blacklisting this guy who promised to attend the conference but went scuba diving!Synonym: 潛水
Definition: A code-mixing filler term that real ABC's in Hong Kong love to use in all kinds of situations.
Usage: E.g. 係呀，我男朋友對我幾好架，like...成日買衫比我啦，同我出街啦，like...總知好到形容唔到啦。
E.g. 外國生活幾好架，like...我成日可以踩單車啦，去shopping mall買野啦，like...總知好到數唔哂啦。
E.g. 係呀。It's like... It's like... you know? 你知我想講咩架？
Definition: A romanised code-mixing phrase used by westernised Hong Kongers when they cannot get the f**k out the train on the MTR. Literal meaning: Please move aside.
Usage: E.g. Mm goi. (唔該) *nobody moves*
Mm ho yi si. (唔好意思) *nobody moves*
Mm goi jeh jeh! (唔該借借) *people move out of the way*Synonym: 唔該借借
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