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Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the type of work done for companies independently with much flexibility and freedom, which resembles the origin of the word that referred to a medieval mercenary who would fight for whoever paid them the most.
Usage: E.g. 接邊間公司既freelance做先最賺錢呀？緊係呢間啦！(Which company should I earn me the most doing a freelance job for? Definitely this company!)
Synonym: 自由工作
Reference: https://www.threads.com/@duoproduction/post/C_pdWgzS9qd
Definition: A Kongish code-mixing term used to describe how poor (慘) someone is.
Usage: E.g. I cried coz I am very chaam. E.g. 今次考試肥左真係好chaam。 E.g. 做到扒左喺到咁真係ｃｈａａｍｃｈａａｍ豬。
Synonym: 慘
Reference: https://topick.hket.com/article/3056055/【港式英文】嫌米綫店「updup」及食客「wuddud」%20%20%20%20港女IG發文形容好「Chaam」
Definition: A code-mixing term used by a Jayden Mami to describe someone as unwilling to do something without placing a direct character judgement.
Usage: E.g. 學校啲homework完全冇做過呀Jayden。你咁lazy，媽咪angry架喇。下個月你birthday，冇得去disneyland架喇。(You have not done any homework from school, Jayden. If you are so lazy, Mami will be angry. And it's your birthday next month. I don't think we can go to Disneyland.)
Synonym: 懶惰
Reference: https://www.instagram.com/p/DXO4QiuMV4t/ (use mobile version)
Definition: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers use to emphasize how much paper work needs to be done when conducting studies of a subject, rather than just merely studying as the Cantonese equivalent '研究' denotes.
Usage: E.g. 我兒家part-time喺大學做research，好忙架。(I am now part-time doing research at university, very busy.)
Synonym: 研究
Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe having a habit of joining events sometimes or occasionally without sounding they like to quit and join again all the time.
Usage: E.g. 我最近好忙呀，所以on and off咁樣join啲events囉。(I have been very busy, so I joined events on and off.)
Synonym: 斷斷續續
Reference: https://blog.english4u.net/blog2.aspx?id=1830
Definition: Derived from literal translation, this is an Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a giraffe in a cute way.
Usage: E.g. A giraffe is actually a "long neck deer" in Cantonese.
Synonym: 長頸鹿
Reference: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUVzFQYEZ_R/?igsh=NjM5bzc1YXp5MWFi (use mobile version)
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
Definition: Derived from 'O嘴', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to feeling surprised and astonished to the point where your mouth literally opens in an O shape.
Usage: E.g. I was O mouth to see the football match turned around! (今次場波反敗為勝，真睇到我O哂嘴。)
Synonym: O嘴
Definition: Known as Kongish and derived from '長氣', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a friend who is always so verbose and says the same thing over and over again, like a grandma.
Usage: E.g. 喂，我頂你！唔好咁long gas得唔得呀？！(長氣)
Synonym: 長氣
Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/2630/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to an important stage or event in the development of something. (里程碑)
Usage: E.g. 我地公司今年reach到個milestone！Let\'s celebrate!
Synonym: 里程碑
Reference: https://www.story001.com/post-196.html
