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Definition: A code-mixing word that working class Hong Kongers love to use instead of the Cantonese equivalent '資料庫' in the IT sector. Also see 'db'.
Usage: E.g. Con唔connect得到個database呀? E.g. 內地人：你能夠連接得到個資料庫嗎？ 香港人：你指個database?
Synonym: 資料庫
Definition: A code-mixing word that Hong Kongers love to use to refer to '資料庫' in the IT sector.
Usage: E.g. 連得到個database未? 定係connect唔到呢?
Synonym: 資料庫
Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by working class Hong Kongers when they want to sound less intentional about applying for leave.
Usage: E.g. 記住我聽日day off，有D咩事唔好搵我。(Remember I am taking a day off tomorrow. Please don't bother me if there is anything.)
Synonym: 請假; 放假
Reference: https://www.reddit.com/r/Cantonese/comments/1g1dmdg/請問_香港_係講_工作天_唔講工作日/
Definition: A code-mixing word that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to '資料庫' in the IT sector. Also see 'database'.
Usage: E.g. 連得到個db未? 定係connect唔到呢?
Synonym: 資料庫
Definition: (verb) This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a deadline for task.
Usage: E.g. 同事：份report幾時dead呀？ 上司：今日dead左喇！仲喺到問！
Reference: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/
Definition: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use instead of '冷場' (laang5 ceong4), which literally translates to 'cold scene'.
Usage: E.g. 考口試最緊要唔好dead air。
Synonym: 冷場
Reference: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing idiom used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who refuses to concede despite knowing that they made the mistake in the first place. '死雞撐飯蓋' can also be shortened to '死撐' sometimes.
Usage: E.g. You know you've done wrong! Stop being like a dead chicken propping up the rice cooker lid!
Synonym: 死雞撐飯蓋
Reference: https://www.localiiz.com/post/culture-local-stories-popular-cantonese-idioms
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who is so stubborn that their neck is like leaning towards one side.
Usage: E.g. Listen to us for once! Don't be always so dead cow's one-sided neck la!
Synonym: 死牛一邊頸
Definition: A code-mixing term often used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the day that work must be handed in and finalised.
Usage: E.g. 老闆:下次知道要搞咁耐就早Ｄ返公司喇。 下屬:你話有野要交比個客睇，但係冇話過係deadline喎。 E.g. 老闆:今日係ｄｅａｄｌｉｎｅ，做唔完野要ＯＴ。 下屬:Ｄ野一早就做哂喇。
Synonym: 截止日
Definition: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students love to use to refer to having an argument with another person in a peaceful, academic manner.
Usage: E.g. 我同我個男朋友平時好鍾意嗌交，嗌吓呢樣又嗰樣，不過都係debate姐。(I like to argue with my boyfriend all the time, about this and that, but it's just debating.)
Synonym: 辯論
Reference: https://www.threads.com/@yyanchi._/post/C3_6NO0ySjE?hl=zh-hk