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Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to 'Occupied but Available' in boy-girl relationships.
Usage: E.g. Occupied but Available （有伴侶但仍接受追求，即可一腳踏N船）(In a relationship but is still accepting new relationships, meaning that you can be in an N number of relationships at the same time.)
Synonym: Occupied but Available
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2812430/page/8
Definition: A code-mixing adjective term used by native Hong Kongers to describe something that is peculiar or unexpected, which is usually milder compared to the Cantonese equivalent word '怪' meaning strange.
Usage: E.g. 莊雅婷有點odd odd 哋的美學，和鍾培生可說是絶配，但鄉港人唔會識欣賞。 (Angel Chong is a bit of odd in aesthetics, which is a perfect match with Derek Chung, but Hong Kong people will not appreciate.)
Synonym: 怪
Definition: A phrase used by native Hong Kongers to affirm that something is true or obvious, usually among friends and relatives in informal settings, especially with the particle 'la' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 朋友: 今日出街記住載口罩。 你：Of course啦！ E.g. 女朋友: 哇，你好叻呀。 你：Of course啦！ E.g. 男朋友: 估唔到你咁醒目。 你：Of course啦！
Definition: A more polite way of telling somebody to shut up or '收皮' in Cantonese, which means to pack their things up and leave. (Also see 'collect skin')
Usage: E.g. Off啦你，成日咁多野講。E.g. Off啦你，成日搞搞陣冇幫襯。
Reference: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-收皮-collect-skin/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students as a casual way of labelling something as not related to the topic matter at hand.
Usage: E.g. off topic講兩句: 文理都緊要，理科是硬道理，但文科（文學、歷史；或者是哲學）才是中學教育中唯一認真（seriousness）的科目。(Let me make a few off-topic remarks: Both arts and sciences are important, with sciences being the most important, but arts (literature, history, or philosophy) are the only subjects in secondary education that require seriousness.)
Synonym: 跟話題無關
Reference: https://www.threads.com/@yuxichau/post/C5vuQ64SgYQ?hl=en
Definition: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the initial notification sent by a university presenting an acceptance of an applicant for a course, often provided that the applicant fulfills a number of conditions and the payment as well.
Usage: E.g. A: 大學出左offer比你未？ B: 收到同接受左喇，但係仲未正式取錄。(A: Have you received the offer from university yet? B: I received it and accepted it, but the admission is not officially confirmed yet.)
Synonym: 取錄, 錄取通知
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2632592/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term that is often used instead of '取錄'.
Usage: E.g. 家人：邊間大學比左offer你呀？ 你：仲未有offer呀。唔知幾時呢？
Synonym: 取錄
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers have unconsciously adopted to refer to a workplace because they have used Microsoft Office a bit too much growing up for doing homework and assignments.
Usage: E.g. 聽日要返office？唔係打八號風球咩？！(We need to go to office tomorrow? Isn't it gonna be typhoon 8?!)
Synonym: 辦公室
Reference: https://www.jobmarket.com.hk/m/Bastille/返Shift網民大呻轉返Office工仲辛苦：朝九晚六先係真地獄？
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use instead of '辦公室'.
Usage: E.g. 聽日返office定係work from home呀？
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxrKXQowtvk
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to tasks that can be easily overtaken by the AI in this day and age.
Usage: E.g. 當AI包辦愈來愈多office work，中層最難解釋自己嘅價值。(When AI takes over more and more office work, it can be the most difficult for people working in middle management to explain their value.)
Synonym: 辦公室工作
Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/_vU5J7Dr9/