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Definition: A code-mixing term used by local and overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to testify a person's knowledge or believe that the other person can be more eloquent in expressing their ideas.
Usage: E.g. 唔好意思。我唔明你講咩喎。你可以elaborate一吓嗎？(I’m sorry. But I don’t understand what you are talking about. Can you elaborate?)Synonym: 詳細說明
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to a programmer or developer especially if they are one themselves because it makes them sound like a profession.
Usage: E.g. A: 你做咩IT行業? 寫program嗰D? B: 唔係。我係engineer。(What kind of IT industry are you from? Are you a programmer? B: No, I am an engineer.)Synonym: 工程師Reference: https://tecky.io/zh_Hant/blog/Programmer-分多少種-2022-23/
Definition: A romanised code-mixing term that Hong Kong expats use to describe a female who is pretty, or a male who is handsome, or an object that is good-looking.
Usage: E.g. You look very leng today! (你今日好靚呀！)
E.g. Wa! This dress ho leng ah! (哇！呢條裙好靚呀！)
E.g. You are so leng jai! (你好靚仔呀！)Synonym: 靚Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/phorum/read.php?1,91
Definition: An abbreviated code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to following someone on social media.
Usage: E.g. 你fo左我IG未？快D fo啦!
Definition: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to a distinctive characteristic by which someone or something can be identified.
Usage: E.g. 中英夾雜絕對係香港人signature。
E.g. 呢碟菜就係呢間餐廳既signature。Synonym: 標誌，招牌菜Reference: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
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!
Definition: A shortened code-mixing term for 'duplicate'. (verb)
Usage: E.g. 呢part好似dup多左次。
E.g. 你dup多份做template，然後再改會好D。
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to computer that has become unresponsive, due to a halt or freeze.
Usage: E.g. 部電腦新買架喎，咁易hang機？！
E.g. 係咪唔夠RAM所以hang左呀？Synonym: 當機
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