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Definition: Known as Kongish and originated from a story where a man used to lure children by promising to buy them goldfish, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to a paedophile. (金魚佬)
Usage: E.g. Stop buying me chocolate and lure me like a goldish man!
Synonym: 金魚佬
Definition: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term meaning homework, which only Hong Kong local students can understand.
Usage: E.g. Jo jor gong for mei ar? (做左功課未呀？） E.g. Nei mong gong for meh? (你忙功課咩？） E.g. Jo sai d gong for la! (做晒D功課喇！）
Synonym: 功課
Reference: https://hklanguage.home.blog/2019/11/16/the-use-of-transliteration-in-kongish/
Definition: A romanised code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong expats use to wish someone prosperous and good fortune during Chinese New Year. Sometimes , it may be mistaken as 'Happy new year' by non-Cantonese speaking expats, even though there is nothing really wrong with saying it to people excessively. (Variant: Kung hei fat choi)
Usage: E.g. Happy Chinese New Year! Gong hei fat choi! Gong hei fat choi!
Synonym: 恭喜發財
Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by Hong Kong local students to encourage others to keep studying hard and make progress every day.
Usage: E.g. My Chinese classmates often tell me to 'Good good study, day day up'. It's so catchy!
Synonym: 好好學習，天天向上
Reference: https://dw-media.tkww.hk/epaper/tkp/20091103/A25_Screen.pdf
Definition: A code-mixing term used by grassroots class Hong Kongers to refer to how thoroughly cooked a steak is, which is equivalent to ‘well done’ in native English.
Usage: E.g. 個鬼佬轉另轉頭問我: whatxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx? 我好自豪 充滿自信 大大聲答: GOOD JOB!! 個鬼佬就呆哂 唔明我無啦啦做乜講GOOD JOB咁 女友見到 即刻幫我答:WELL DONE (The western waiter then asked me: whatxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx? I was proud and confident and answered loudly: GOOD JOB! The western waiter was speechless and didn't understand why I said good job. When my girlfriend saw this, she immediately helped me answer: WELL DONE)
Synonym: 全熟
Reference: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/561255/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong local teachers must say at the beginning of every class in order for students to stop chatting.
Usage: E.g. Miss Cheung: Good morning class! Entire class: "Good morning Miss Cheung."
Synonym: 早安，同學們
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/348088/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students when they want to pause and think how to answer a question, even though it doesn't necessarily imply their ignorance.
Usage: E.g. 唔識答就話that’s a very good question, 然後帶佢遊花園 (If you don't know how to answer, just say that's a very good question. Then beat around the bush.)
Synonym: 問得好
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2767347/page/3
Definition: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to something of the best quality.
Usage: E.g. 2000FUN討論區是香港最「Goodest」。
Synonym: 最好，best
Reference: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/Goodest
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers which is a more generic and less vivid way of calling someone who is too preoccupied with talking about other people’s lives.
Usage: E.g. 唔好成日掛住gossip，專注啲做野啦！(Stop gossipping all the time and focus on your work!)
Synonym: 諸事八卦, 閒言閒語, 講是非
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2683169/page/1
Definition: A shortened code-mixing term that refers to the verb 'graduate'. Sometimes, it is used as a noun.
Usage: E.g. 同學：你唔係怕grad唔到呀嗎？ 同事：你做左幾年野？。你：我係fresh grad黎架。
Reference: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch