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Definition: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe people who are really just minding their own business but not necessarily alone or single.
Usage: E.g. 呢間bar啲人點呀？係唔係個個都好individual咁樣呀？ (How are the people in this bar? Are they all really just minding their own business?)Synonym: 單獨Reference: https://www.threads.com/@matthew_lam1116/post/DAcSyqdScem?hl=zh-hk
Definition: Often used as an idiom, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a stupid person. (For female version, see 'Lulu')
Usage: E.g. 唔好當我係Robert喎! (Stop treating me like a stupid person!)
Definition: A euphemistic way of saying to somebody that you want to teach them a lesson or show them what you've got. (比D顏色你睇)
Usage: E.g. 咁寸?! Let me give you some color see see!Synonym: 比D顏色你睇
Definition: Often pronounced with a '屎' (faeces) at the end of the word, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the overall dimensions of something.
Usage: E.g. 請問呢件衫有咩size呀？。Synonym: 大小Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: A convenient English phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid going into negative detail about someone who does not understand you.
Usage: E.g. 朋友: 喂，你講野好唔make sense喎。你：真的嗎？
E.g. 我覺得你講野make sense，不過我唔係太明。
E.g. 你講野都唔make sense，廢鬼事再聽你講。
Definition: This is a code-mixing term that refers to being eliminated in a competition, or being disqualified due to breaking the rules in a sports game.
Usage: E.g. 小心比球證吹罰呀。再犯多次規就foul你出局。
E.g. 我第一round interview就比人foul左喇。真係慘慘豬。Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: A code-mixing term that Fake ABC Hong Kongers use when they want to challenge another person’s English by stressing the prestigious 'r' sound in English even when there is no r sound in an English word.
Usage: E.g. Do you know Engrish?
E.g. I'm sorry I don't speak Chinese. Can you speak Engrish?Synonym: EnglishReference: https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Engrish&oldformat=true&variant=zh-hk
Definition: A code-mixing term that only upper class Hong Kongers know how to use to refer to a meal where people serve themselves the food because of the French origin of the word which makes it so hard to pronounce properly.
Usage: E.g. A: 放假不如食buffet呀？B: 你指蒲飛？(A: What about eating buffet during holiday? B: You mean po-fei?)Synonym: 蒲飛Reference: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/生日飯-餐廳-推介-推薦-生日餐廳-235652146.html
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