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Definition: An overused code-mixing term by real ABC's in Hong Kong when they want to give praise or compliment to something, just like the word '正' in Cantonese but stronger.
Usage: E.g. 哇，今次個concert真係awesome！ E.g. Woah! Awesome!
Synonym: 正
Definition: A code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to refer to the kind of lawyer occupation that mostly deals with documents but actually goes to court proceedings at times.
Usage: E.g. A: 你係咪做solicitor? 咁咪唔洗上court? B: 都要上court架，少啲咋麻。(A: Are you a solictor? Does that mean you don't need to go to court? B: I need to go to court, but relatively less.)
Synonym: 事務律師
Reference: https://cph-legal.com/2022/03/how-to-ace-a-job-interview-at-a-law-firm/
Definition: 1. (noun) A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to internet access. 2. (verb) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use to refer to social networking.
Usage: E.g. 今日公司network有D問題，成日search野都好慢，仲間唔中會斷。 E.g. 最近有冇出去同人network？
Definition: A fashionable code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to 'dancing society' in a highly efficient and beautiful manner, just like how they would execute any dance moves.
Usage: E.g. 唔係以為danso真係要識跳舞先入得嘛。(You thought you have to know how to dance in order to join dancing society?)
Synonym: dancing society, 舞蹈學會
Reference: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/227225/page/3
Definition: Derived from '一波三折', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe an unexpected event with twists and turns. Literal meaning: A wave that is split into three segments.
Usage: E.g. 呢排真係好黑仔呀。簡直係one ball seventy percent off呀。(一波三折)
Synonym: 一波三折
Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/58665/
Definition: An Englishised code-mixing term used to describe someone who is so calm and relaxed like the almighty Buddha such that he or she does not have time to chase the opposite sex, but focuses on work and personal interests only. Sometimes, it is also used to describe someone who does not get angry easily when things happened.
Usage: E.g. Why don't you find a girlfriend? Are you the buddha-type person? E.g. *bump* That hurt when you bumped into me! But I'm okay, my friend!
Synonym: 佛系
Reference: https://www.localiiz.com/post/cantonese-slang-of-the-week-buddha-type
Definition: Often pronounced as 'fat check', this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to verifying the validity and accuracy of something.
Usage: E.g. 洗唔洗fact check一吓呢個人係真定係假？（Do we need to fact check this person to see if he is real or fake?)
Synonym: 事實查核
Reference: https://medialiteracy.hk/不看你絕對後悔：fact-check背後的「真相」/
Definition: A code-mixing term often used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the day that work must be handed in and finalised.
Usage: E.g. 老闆:下次知道要搞咁耐就早Ｄ返公司喇。 下屬:你話有野要交比個客睇，但係冇話過係deadline喎。 E.g. 老闆:今日係ｄｅａｄｌｉｎｅ，做唔完野要ＯＴ。 下屬:Ｄ野一早就做哂喇。
Synonym: 截止日
Definition: A trendy-sounding code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to pressing twice on a mouse or touchpad quickly and gently.
Usage: E.g. 我點樣 fix 我嘅滑鼠每次想 click 一下嘅時候，都會 double click 呢？(How can I fix my mouse? Whenever I click it, it clicks twice?)
Synonym: 雙擊
Definition: Known as Kongish and derived from '柒頭' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe or scold someone who is stupid and brainless like a dickhead. (龜頭)
Usage: E.g. You seven head go and collect skin! (你個柒頭去收皮啦！)
Synonym: 柒頭
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