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Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a physical position that a person arranges and fixates in order to be photographed, which is often more difficult that it seems.
Usage: E.g. 自拍唔洗愁擺pose！10大熱門韓星IG影相手勢整理 (No need to worry about posing for selfies anymore! Here is a compilation of top 10 popular Korean stars IG photo gestures)
Synonym: 姿势
Reference: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/60213634/自拍唔洗愁擺pose-10大熱門韓星ig影相手勢整理-跟住影相零失誤
Definition: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kong girls to refer to proactively keeping someone safe from damage or injury, which is usually something that they expect from a boyfriend.
Usage: E.g. 如果連我自己都唔為自己去解釋一下，咁邊個去protect我？邊個幫我解釋？冇。(If even I myself don't stand up for myself, who is going to protect me? Who will help me explain to others? No one.)
Synonym: 保護
Definition: (verb) Originated from 'pick-up artist', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to being emotionally manipulated by controlling behaviour of a person who is good at pick-up and chasing the opposite sex.
Usage: E.g. 作為女性 聽到Juliana咁講 都覺得幾心酸 究竟之前一齊過幾年嘅ex 係點對待佢 令到佢覺得自己咁卑微 仲要傻到幫對方諗藉口 怪自己有問題 講真唔理係咪節目效果 聽落似係被PUA過 (As a female hearing what Juliana had to say, I feel quite sad to know that she had an ex-boyfriend who treated her like this while spending several years together. He just made her feel like low status and stupid enough to help the other person think of excuses and to blame herself for the problems. Honestly, I don't care if it is the effect of the TV show, but it sounds like she was PUA'ed before.)
Synonym: 被精神操控
Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/BA2LSDyu6S/
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe strenuous tasks that are almost impossible to complete.
Usage: E.g. Getting my son to do homework is like pulling a cow up the tree!
Synonym: 拉牛上樹
Reference: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms
Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to the new generation of electric multiple unit trains in the Hong Kong MTR produced by CRRC Qingdao Sifang.
Usage: E.g. 成型友大嗌Q train萬歲，搞到我差D以為Q train有還不完的恩情。(My friends kept shouting "Long live Q train!" which almost made me think Q train had an endless debt of gratitude to repay.)
Synonym: 市區綫願景列車
Definition: Pronounced as 'call-lee' with a rising tone on the second syllable, this code-mixing term is used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the English word 'qualification'. Often used together with the word 'show' to mean 'show off'.
Usage: E.g. 你冇qualie就唔好係到扮哂野啦。 E.g. 你唔好係到掛住show qualie啦，兄弟。 E.g. 睇唔出你咁有qualie喎。
Definition: A code-mixing term used by a Jayden Mami as a more precise and technical way of referring to an ordered waiting line. Also, it is often complemented with the English word 'long' to exaggerate the lengthiness of a queue when scolding a child.
Usage: E.g. 講咗呢啲holiday就係咁多人queue，條queue就係咁long嘅，冇可能你自己乜嘢都玩晒㗎嘛，係咪呀Jayden？(I have already said these holidays should have so many people queuing up. The queue is just that long, do you know you cannot play everything yourself, right Jayden?)
Synonym: 隊；龍
Reference: https://topick.hket.com/article/4112744/Jayden之亂｜KOL拍片諷刺「Jayden媽」偽ABC育兒法%E3%80%80揭爆紅現象時間線-港媽式教仔金句
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the numerical maximum and minimum of something such as salary, rather than something like an area or three dimensional.
Usage: E.g. expected salary寫左一個range(20-23k) 依個range hr話ok 但冇同我講offer最後會出幾錢 (I wrote 20 to 30k for expected salary and the human resources department said it was okay, but they did not tell me how much the offer would be at the end.)
Synonym: 薪酬範圍
Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/BBJcLB6BK2/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers when they become aware of a situation and understand it so that they can learn from it and make a wise decision next time.
Usage: E.g. 你唔realise第一間既loss又點樣低價買入第二間? (If you don't realise the loss of your first house, then how can you buy the second one at a low price?)
Synonym: 意識；領悟；發覺
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3638415/page/8
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers who believe that rejecting people is more comfortable than being a “peaceful good person” because being the latter often leads to more work with the same salary.
Usage: E.g. 識得 reject 嘅人，過得舒服過「隨和好人」好多 以前總係唔敢拒絕人，明明唔係自己範疇都照攬上身。最後發現：越好說話嘅人，工作量只會越來越多，人工就永遠原地踏步。學會定邊界，工作生活先有得救。(People who know how to reject, live much more comfortably than "easy-going good people". I used to always dare not reject people, despite the work not related to my job position. Then I finally realised: The better at talking a person is, the more the workload will become, and the salary will always be the same. So learn to set boundaries, so that work and life will be saved.)
Synonym: 拒絕
Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/BAAf75hFnJ/
