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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 tag-switching phrase overused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to create a western appeal.
Usage: E.g. Oh my God!今日咁曬我都唔記得帶suncream呀！ E.g. Oh my God!我從來都未買過件dress係咁靚架！
Reference: https://travel.ulifestyle.com.hk/news/detail/12179/明明無r音都要捲舌-5大令人頂唔順的偽abc特徵/1
Definition: A code-mixing phrase that is used by Hong Kongers to mean that they are ready to go to work whenever they get a call from their company.
Usage: E.g. 我每星期工作五天。不過我假日都要on call。
Definition: Derived from '一波三折', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe an unexpected event with twists and turns. Literal meaning: A wave that is split into three segments.
Usage: E.g. 呢排真係好黑仔呀。簡直係one ball seventy percent off呀。(一波三折)
Synonym: 一波三折
Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/58665/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a job position that covers almost all the duties that an entire department has.
Usage: E.g. 我份工係one man band，所以都幾忙架。
Synonym: 一腳踢
Reference: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/一腳踢
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to describe a job that must be done in a company office.
Usage: E.g. 份合約講明份工要onsite做，冇得work from home。
Synonym: 現場，在工地
Definition: A more sophisticated way of expressing chance (機會) in Cantonese, as the English term denotes prospect for advancement or success.
Usage: E.g. 好多謝貴公司今日比呢個opportunity我地黎做個presentation．
Synonym: 機會
Definition: Pronounced as '痾打', this is a more elegant term that refers to the Cantonese equivalent（落單）for placing orders. Sometimes, it is used by the police when giving instructions to the subordinates.
Usage: E.g. D野仲未黎既？我落左order好耐喇喎。快D吹吓佢。E.g. 警察：This is an order! Understand?! 下屬：Yes, sir!
Synonym: 落單
Reference: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to working overtime. Sometimes, it is used as '冬OT' (winter OT), which means 'don't OT'.
Usage: E.g. Ａ：死喇，咁多野做。唔知今晚要OT到幾時呢？Ｂ：冬ＯＴ！
Synonym: 加班
Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html