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Definition: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a serious disease that kills normal cells and causes death.
Usage: E.g. A：唔好食咁多公仔麵，如果咪生cancer架。B：啋過你把口！
Synonym: 癌
Reference: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers love to use to refer to selecting something on an electronic device, such as by using a mouse or touchpad.
Usage: E.g. 幫手click吓我D廣告啦！
Synonym: 點擊
Reference: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201705266.pdf
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a meal set offered by a karaoke lounge bar or club.
Usage: E.g. 今日去唔去食K lunch呀？一百蚊又可以唱又食，好鬼死抵。(Do you want to have K lunch today? Can sing and eat at the price of just $100, so frigging cheap.)
Synonym: 卡啦OK午餐
Reference: https://hk.ulifestyle.com.hk/activity/detail/20009510/唱k推介2024丨全港16大卡啦ok好去處-最平-36起-日文k都有-附地址-收費詳情
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 code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of the Cantonese equivalent '心情'.
Usage: E.g. 今日出面咁多人咁迫，真係冇咩mood行街。
Synonym: 心情
Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: A code-mixing term that a "Jayden Mami" likes to use to express unpleasant surprise while softening the tone in order to make sure the child isn't scared by the mother's emotional state.
Usage: E.g. Jayden, 你喺邊到學人dye埋D hair架? Mami好shocked呀。(Jayden, who did you learn dying your hair from? Mami is so shocked.)
Synonym: 驚訝; 震驚
Reference: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DXBG2f3kq7D/ (use mobile version)
Definition: Often pronounced as '波士', this is a more polite sounding code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to '老闆', especially when working in a corporate company.
Usage: E.g. 做波士就好啦。我地呢班打工仔一世做奴隸。
Reference: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
Definition: A versatile code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use in a variety of situations, depending on the context. However, the recently popular phrase of 'take嘢' can also be roughly translated into a number of different things and not only refer to taking drugs, as the Cantonese word '嘢' has a literal meaning of 'thing'.
Usage: E.g. 你諗住take邊科? (Which subject will you take?) E.g. 我要take個sick leave. (I will need to take a sick leave.) E.g. 上堂要記住take notes. (Remember to take notes during lesson.)
Synonym: 拿取, 攞, 拎
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase that refers to giving irrelevant responses to questions.
Usage: E.g. A：你去邊？ B：我知道。Ａ：Nine not following eight!
Synonym: 九唔搭八
Reference: https://zolimacitymag.com/pop-cantonese-nine-not-following-eight/
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