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Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to computer that has become unavailable, possibly due to a crash. Sometimes, it is used as the shortened version of 'download'.
Usage: E.g. 大獲喇！公司server down機呀！快Ｄ搵人整呀！（當機） E.g. Down完個file未呀？咁耐既？（下載）
Synonym: 當機; 下載
Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by a Jayden Mami when they want their children to become conscious when getting out of bed in the morning, in addition to just getting up physically as in '起身' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. Angus, 起身wake up喇。What time is it now? (Angus, get up and wake up. What time is it now?)
Synonym: 醒; 起身
Reference: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DZhrxjDgEKu/ (use mobile version)
Definition: A code-mixing term that is abbreviated from the word 'condom'. Sometimes, it is called 'dom dom'. (dam4 dam2)
Usage: E.g. 冇帶dom？！我唔同你做！ E.g. 今日有冇帶dom dom呀？
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to hanging up the phone.
Usage: E.g. 又cut我電話？咩事呀？ E.g. 呢D sales再打黎cut佢線得架喇。
Reference: https://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/tc/item/cuhk-321644
Definition: A code-mixing term that a "Jayden Mami" likes to use to express unpleasant surprise while softening the tone in order to make sure the child isn't scared by the mother's emotional state.
Usage: E.g. Jayden, 你喺邊到學人dye埋D hair架? Mami好shocked呀。(Jayden, who did you learn dying your hair from? Mami is so shocked.)
Synonym: 驚訝; 震驚
Reference: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXBG2f3kq7D/ (use mobile version)
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local students to refer to vocabulary that they simply need to memorise for tests and exams but don't really use in their everyday life.
Usage: E.g. 另外就係成日都喺度死記硬背vocab, 好複雜咁樣教文法，聽到都頭痛。(The other thing is that we always needed to memorise vocabulary like rote-learning, and grammar is also being taught in a very complicated way, which is a headache to listen to.)
Synonym: 詞彙
Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/BANtUhMr8G/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong celebrity tutors to refer to a collaborative effort of a group to achieve a common goal.
Usage: E.g. 狀元培育向來都是team work. （Nurturing top scorers has always been team work.)
Synonym: 團體合作
Reference: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRGmhTQjT1N/?igsh=NWtoNHZ6OGRyOW8x (use mobile version)
Definition: A code-mixing term meaning female teacher.
Usage: Eg. Missy, 請問功課幾時交？ Eg. 仔仔，有d咩唔識記住問missy呀。
Synonym: 先生
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong celebrity Louis Koo (古天樂) in the TVB episode 'A Step into the Past' (尋秦記) when he was transported into the past to the days of Qin Dynasty.
Usage: E.g. *Wakes up and finds an army of horsemen rushing towards him* Sh*t!
Synonym: 弊, 死喇
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edrNB8DXhmQ
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a milder way of calling someone a newbie or referring to someone who is new or inexperienced at something.
Usage: E.g. 上次份banking工有feedback話我太green，想問我有無興趣去compliance到做。(There was feedback from my last banking job saying that I was too green, and they asked me whether I had an interest to work in compliance.)
Synonym: 新手; 缺乏經驗
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3981656/page/39
