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Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers often use when they want to tell someone politely that they are not the sort of person they want to be with or attracted to.
Usage: E.g. 唔好意思，你唔係我個type。(Sorry, but you are not the type of person I want to be with.)
Synonym: 種類
Reference: https://www.dcard.tw/f/hkmacdaily/p/239885576/b/4-1
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to 'university'.
Usage: E.g. 你讀邊間U架？ E.g. 我好想入呢間U呀！
Reference: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
Definition: A code-mixing term that the Hong Kong celebrity '肥媽' like to use to refer to enjoying oneself on the stage by shaking along music or rhythm.
Usage: E.g. 上到舞台一定要unjoy！
Definition: A shortened code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to uploading files to the internet. ('上載')
Usage: E.g. 快D幫我up張相到IG啦！
Definition: (adj.) Often pronounced as 'up-day', this is a code-mixing term used to describe someone or something as being very trendy or up-to-date. However, it is also sometimes used as a verb like in native English.
Usage: E.g. 你部手機好update喎。(adj.) E.g. Update左個software未呀？(verb)
Synonym: 潮; 更新
Reference: https://www.inmediahk.net/中英夾雜
Definition: A code-mixing term meaning to further oneself's studies.
Usage: E.g. 做人要不斷upgrade自己先夠充實架嘛。
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to uploading files to the internet. ('上載')
Usage: E.g. 快D幫我upload張相去IG啦！
Synonym: 上載
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to demand immediate attention towards a matter without sounding like they are in such a hurry or wanting the other person to hurry the f*** up.
Usage: E.g. 呢個係一個urgent既task。B: 明白 (Understood) E.g. 呢個係一個緊急既任務。B: 洗唔洗咁急呀？(Why is there such a hurry?)
Synonym: 緊急
Reference: https://ezone.hk/article/20052634/香港職場中英夾雜用語-內地網民舉30個例子-表示識粵語都無法理解
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to the Cantonese equivalent '使用者'.
Usage: E.g. 同完個user傾好要咩feature未呀？ E.g. 喺user既角度，呢個係一個bug。
Synonym: 使用者
Definition: Often pronounced as 'vely gud', this is a code-mixing expression that grassroots Hong Kongers like to use when they cannot think of any other way to complement or give praise to something. 'Vely' (very) can also be used with other words such as 'delicious', even though delicious already denotes the meaning of excellence in food quality.
Usage: E.g. 哇，今次做得好。Vely gud！ E.g. 哇，D牛扒真係vely delicious呀！