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Definition: Often used as '搞爛gag', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a lame joke or broken joke.
Usage: E.g. 你唔好成日喺到搞爛gag啦！一Ｄ都唔好笑！Reference: https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/爛Gag
Definition: A code-mixing term that is often used by native Hong Kongers to refer to getting high or excited.
Usage: E.g. 尋晚唱K唱到好high。
E.g. 你咪成日喺到自high啦。
Definition: Often added after '一定', this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to being absolutely certain that you will win, like in a bet or game.
Usage: E.g. 今次D牌咁靚，一定sure win啦！
E.g. 你咁有學歷同咁smart，面試一定sure win啦！Synonym: 必勝Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/61304/
Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe the feeling of eating too much.
Usage: E.g. 食完打邊爐再飲咖啡會好ｈｅａｖｙ。
Definition: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is advanced in technology. There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野，Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition.
Usage: E.g. 哇，張枱有自動升降好high tech呀。Reference: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf
Definition: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is very unadvanced in technology. There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野，Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition. '撈' refers to '有得撈', which means you can earn a living.
Usage: E.g. 今時今日唔可以再咁low tech架喇。快D買返部智能手機啦。Reference: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf
Definition: A code-mixing phrase that is often mistakened as grammatically incorrect due to the word 'very' being considered redundant, as 'delicious' already denotes the meaning of very yummy. However, it originates from '好好味' in Cantonese, which means 'very very tasty'.
Usage: E.g. 哇，Ｄ野食真係very delicious呀。Synonym: 好好味
