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Hong Kong Code-mixing Dictionary

A contemporary Cantonese-English dictionary


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Fake it till you fail it

Definition: Similar to the famous quote 'fake it till you make it', this is a code-mixing phrase used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to acting as if you are confident and capable until you achieve the results, except that it is full of bragging and shouting nonsense at a very high volume.

Usage: E.g. 無research就無insights,成班人喺度鳩嗌,彷彿嗌大聲啲就會突然make business sense。口號型經濟,大家一齊fake it till you fail it (Without research, there can be no insights. The whole group is shouting nonsense, as if shouting louder will suddenly make business sense. Slogan type economics, let's fake it till you fail it together.)

Synonym: 裝到失敗為止

Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/BAOhMEibQy/

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