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Definition: A code-mixing term that refers to pulling a face that looks pretentious in order to look cool.
Usage: E.g. 林峯:你睇吓我個樣夠唔夠chok?!
Reference: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-hea-chok-chur/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by a Jayden Mami as a more precise and technical way of referring to an ordered waiting line. Also, it is often complemented with the English word 'long' to exaggerate the lengthiness of a queue when scolding a child.
Usage: E.g. 講咗呢啲holiday就係咁多人queue,條queue就係咁long嘅,冇可能你自己乜嘢都玩晒㗎嘛,係咪呀Jayden?(I have already said these holidays should have so many people queuing up. The queue is just that long, do you know you cannot play everything yourself, right Jayden?)
Synonym: 隊;龍
Reference: https://topick.hket.com/article/4112744/Jayden之亂|KOL拍片諷刺「Jayden媽」偽ABC育兒法%E3%80%80揭爆紅現象時間線-港媽式教仔金句
Definition: This is a code-mixing term that local student Hong Kongers use to address a female teacher. Sometimes, it is pronounced as 'missy'.
Usage: E.g. Miss,請問呢條問題點答?
Synonym: 先生
Definition: Originated from ‘access’, this is a code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to the means through which one can enter a system or having the permission to retrieve data from a system.
Usage: E.g. 唔該可唔可以比個database既assess比我? (Could you give me the access to the database?) E.g. 我assess唔到個system。可唔可以比密碼我?(I cannot access the system. Can you give me the password?)
Synonym: access, 讀取
Reference: https://www.instagram.com/reels/CjZh3wSpu4l/ (use mobile version)
Definition: A code-mixing term that real ABC's like to use to show their friendliness or generosity.
Usage: E.g. No worries。今餐我比住先啦。 E.g. No worries。我幫你搞掂左喇。
Synonym: 唔洗擔心
Definition: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to the physics, chemistry and biology subjects in an ultra convenient and orderly fashion.
Usage: E.g. 今次考試要讀哂phy chem bi,真係幾攞命呀。(I will need to study all of physics, chemistry and biology for this exam, which is quite taxing.)
Synonym: 物理, 化學, 生物
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/1802219/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term that a Jayden Mami uses to refer to a more playful misbehaviour in a lighthearted way rather than describing a child genuinely bad and unmanageable that the Cantonese equivalent terms tend to denote.
Usage: E.g. Jayden呀,唔好再咁naughty啦。你唔食菜,又唔飲湯,你唔會healthy架!(Jayden, don't be so naughty. If you don't eat vegetables and don't drink soup, you will not be healthy!)
Synonym: 曳;百厭
Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/characters/7397/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by all sorts of Hong Kongers to refer to the popular trading card game called Magic the Gathering.
Usage: E.g. A: 打唔打magic呀? B: 等我整吓我個deck先再同你揪。(A: Do you want to play magic? B: Let me sort out my deck first before I dual with you.)
Synonym: Magic the Gathering, 魔法風雲會
Reference: https://magic.wizards.com/zh-Hant
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to '教授'.
Usage: E.g. 有咩唔識快D問Professor啦! E.g. Professor到未架,咁耐既?
Reference: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
Definition: Derived from '寸' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who is cocky or arrogant.
Usage: E.g. 知道你叻喇!不過洗唔洗咁inch呀?(in廚)
Synonym: 寸
Reference: https://www.hk01.com/熱爆話題/159516/konglish-港式英語鬧爆疑似第三者-網民-香港人先會明嘅英文