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Definition: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term that refers to 'together' in English.
Usage: E.g. Nei zi chin mai wah seung do new pt, my frd arm arm told me kui find gun ppl, go tgt oj ng oj? (你之前咪話想做新Part Time，我朋友同我講佢搵緊人，一齊去好唔好？)
Synonym: together
Reference: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/283411/大學生打字用火星文-10句港式英文拼音大挑戰-測試你識幾多
Definition: 1. (noun) A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to internet access. 2. (verb) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use to refer to social networking.
Usage: E.g. 今日公司network有D問題，成日search野都好慢，仲間唔中會斷。 E.g. 最近有冇出去同人network？
Definition: (noun) The Hong Kong way of referring to '支票' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 可以開張cheque比我嗎？
Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers love to use to refer to going on a vacation near one's home.
Usage: E.g. 年尾要清假，但封左關又唔去得旅行，唯有去酒店staycation啦。
Synonym: 宅度假
Reference: https://hkdic.my-helper.com/Staycation/
Definition: A Kongish code-mixing term that refers to singing karaoke.
Usage: E.g Gum man hui ng hui sing k? (今晚去唔去唱K?)
Synonym: 唱卡啦OK
Definition: A code-mixing term that local student Hong Kongers use to refer to 'music society'.
Usage: E.g. 唔知mu so今個sem有咩搞呢？
Synonym: 音樂學會
Definition: Often pronounced as 'launch', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a club lounge in a hotel.
Usage: E.g. 唔該，請問個lounge喺邊？我想搵個位坐吓先。
Synonym: 休息聽
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mz8kUbNcMw
Definition: Often pronounced as 'Skypy', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the instant messaging software 'Skype'.
Usage: E.g. 你幾時得閒呀？我想用Skypy打比你呀。
Reference: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/633876/港式英語-19個英文字港人常讀錯-釘橋-cam錢-janet讀到似中文
Definition: Often pronounced as 'meemo', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to memo paper.
Usage: E.g. 喂，可唔可以幫我抄D野落張meemo到？
Reference: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/633876/港式英語-19個英文字港人常讀錯-釘橋-cam錢-janet讀到似中文
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to the activity of finding a job, which definitely sounds more fun, exciting and challenging than the Cantonese equivalent terms '求職' and '找工作'.
Usage: E.g. A: 你搵到工嗎? B: 冇呀，我仲喺到job hunting。
Synonym: 求職, 找工作
Reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/HongKong/comments/1opsow8/job_hunting_socialising_in_hk/