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Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person's emotional state that can be driven by an atmosphere or a person.
Usage: E.g. 女朋友講完句野搞到我無晒mood (My girlfriend said something which made me lose my mood.)
Synonym: 心情
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/294607/page/3
Definition: A shortened code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use to refer to uploading files to the internet. ('上載')
Usage: E.g. 快D幫我up張相到IG啦！
Definition: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to a person who does not do any work in a group project but gets credit for it.
Usage: E.g. Q: 大家見過最癲freerider係點？ A: 試過group project分工之後 個freerider唔見左人 唔聽電話 唔睇 group message 直到present完之後先出現 (Q: Has anyone seen what the craziest freerider is like? A: I used to work in a group project where the freerider disappeared and we could not reach him by phone or group message. Then the freerider appeared after the presentation finished.)
Synonym: 自由騎士
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2241139/page/7
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe having done a task, which is similar to 'All done!'. Sometimes, '搞掂食碗麵' can be shortened to '搞掂'.
Usage: E.g. I have finally done this task! Gau dim eat bowl noodle!
Synonym: 搞掂食碗麵
Definition: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to refer to giving or providing something, in order to help achieve a goal.
Usage: E.g. 麻煩大家contribute一吓個discussion。
Synonym: 貢獻
Reference: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
Definition: A way to avoid sounding too imaginative when you want to suggest things that are impossible to happen.
Usage: E.g. Let’s say你有日比人老粒左，你會點呢？ E.g. Let’s say你考試肥佬左，你會點面對你家人？ E.g. Let's say你比人打獲金，你會唔會還拖？
Definition: A code-mixing term used by the upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the espresso-based coffee made with steamed milk because the Cantonese equivalent '意大利泡沫咖啡' is too sophisticated to say.
Usage: E.g. A：我平時最鍾意飲意大利泡沫咖啡。香港人：你指cappucino?
Synonym: 意大利泡沫咖啡
Definition: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the stage of a meal where the main dish is served. As to why ‘course’ is more often used than ‘dish’ compared to the Cantonese phrase ‘主菜‘, it may be to do with the upper class etiquette that the stage of a meal is more important than the dish itself.
Usage: E.g. 食semi-buffet質素好過buffet, 起碼個main course係入得落口 (The quality of eating semi-buffet is higher than buffet, at least the main course is decent.)
Synonym: 主菜
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3120803/page/3
Definition: This is a code-mixing phrase that Hong Kongers like to use instead of '諗到' in Cantonese.
Usage: E.g. 我暫時仲未figure out到點樣solve個problem。
Reference: https://english.cool/code-switching/
Definition: Often mistaken as grammatically incorrect and seen as redundant with ‘out’ conforming to ‘列出‘ in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to jotting down a number of items on a piece of paper or device.
Usage: E.g. 你可以先list out所有項目，然後研究每一個點樣做。(You may first list out all the items, then study how each one can be done.)
Synonym: 列出
Reference: https://ludwig.guru/s/list+out