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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: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers love to use to refer to '報告'.
Usage: E.g. 份report幾時搞掂呀？
Synonym: 報告
Reference: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a telephone number.
Usage: E.g. 香港人：可唔可以交換number呀？內地人：咩number呀？香港人：緊係電話number啦。
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s
Definition: A code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use in place of the Cantonese equivalent '交換'.
Usage: E.g. Ａ：我地swap一個球員好唔好？Ｂ：好呀，我同你swap啦。
Synonym: 交換
Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers when they are really considerate about offending someone before or after saying something, such as making a comment or remark. However, it can be entirely offensive sometimes even though the person says no offense.
Usage: E.g. 成日開口埋口都講No Offense嘅人，其實先係最Offense。(The person who always says no offense is very often the person who is the most offensive.)
Synonym: 有怪莫怪, 無意冒犯
Definition: (vulgar, textspeak) A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who's idiotic and stupid. It originated from the Cantonese words '憨鳩' because the '鳩' (penis) has a similar pronunciation as the number 9 in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. Why did you piss on me? Are you on9? (憨鳩) E.g. Don't be so on99 and watch where you're going! (憨鳩鳩)
Synonym: 憨鳩
Reference: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=28512
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kong students use to refer to '手提電腦'.
Usage: E.g. 老師，上堂可以比帶自己notebook嗎？
Synonym: 手提電腦
Reference: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers use to refer to being rejected. (食檸檬)
Usage: E.g. This time eat lemon la，very chaam chaam pig.
Synonym: 食檸檬
Reference: https://theculturetrip.com/asia/china/hong-kong/articles/8-colloquialisms-unique-to-cantonese
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to tasks that have not been planned and must be done at the time as they were assigned.
Usage: E.g. 今日公司唔係好忙，不過有好多adhoc野做。
Synonym: 臨時工作
Definition: A generic code-mixing term that can used for a number of different items in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 你公司近排搞緊D咩project呀？（項目） E.g. 今次呢個project搞成點呀？（研究） E.g. 你諗住下次搞d咩project呀？（計劃） E.g. 小心D呀，唔見寫住project in progress咩？（工程）
Reference: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch