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Definition: 顧名思義，是形容人打扮很入時 ，即是in-fashion的意思。(Translation: To describe someone who is dressed very trendy or in fashion.)
Usage: 你今日著得好In喎。(You are dressed very in fashion today.)
Synonym: 時髦
Definition: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term meaning "I don't know", which is derived from '唔知'.
Usage: E.g. Me also 5g. (我都唔知)
Synonym: 唔知
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#google_vignette
Definition: Often used as 'AA制' (policy), this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to paying for yourself at a meal. (Also known as 'going Dutch' in English)
Usage: E.g. 今餐AA制得唔得呀？
Synonym: 食自己, 自己比
Definition: Often overused by Fake ABCs in Hong Kong for creating a western appeal, especially when they lack English vocabulary.
Usage: E.g. Actually，我都要Ｄ時間諗下先。我過兩日再覆你。 E.g. 朋友：我地係咪約好左聽日去睇戲呀？你：Actually，我聽日唔得閒。 E.g. Actually，你講既野都有D道理。不過我唔同意。
Synonym: 其實
Definition: A code-mixing phrase that Hong Kongers use to cheer for somebody else as encouragement or support when they are bored of the equivalent term '加油' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. Add oil! 希望你今次考試高分!
Synonym: 加油
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to tasks that have not been planned and must be done at the time as they were assigned.
Usage: E.g. 今日公司唔係好忙，不過有好多adhoc野做。
Synonym: 臨時工作
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to reaching a consensus on matters of a situation.
Usage: E.g. 我地一齊align一下意見，再匯報比上頭知。
Synonym: 保持一致
Reference: https://www.story001.com/post-196.html
Definition: Usually placed at the start of a clause or sentence, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to replace the phrase '無論如何', meaning 'no matter what' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 我知你好忙，但anyhow，你一定要幫我。
Synonym: 點都好
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to '功課'.
Usage: E.g. 喂，聽日交assignment呀，仲係到做咩呀？！ E.g. 呢份assignment可以借黎參考嗎？
Synonym: 功課
Reference: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the computer file that is sent along with an email message.
Usage: E.g. 我搵唔到你個email既attachment。可以再send多次嗎？
Synonym: 附件
Reference: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/topic/detail/20052582/香港職場30個中英夾雜用語-內地網民-自己會粵語也聽不懂/1
