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定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe having a short attention span or memory usually due to being tired.
用法: E.g. 我今日好low ram呀。我諗食完飯之後就唔去下場喇。(I think I have a short attention span today. I think I will finish dinner and not go to the next round.)
同義詞: 記憶力
定義: 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.
用法: 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。)
同義詞: O嘴
定義: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term derived from '小心', meaning becareful.
用法: E.g. This prof real is killer, u better siu sum.
同義詞: 小心
參考: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/283411/大學生打字用火星文-10句港式英文拼音大挑戰-測試你識幾多
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by local student Hong Kongers to refer to a female janitor or cleaner.
用法: E.g. My aunt is a sodiasm in Queen Elizabeth hospital.
同義詞: 掃地阿嬸
定義: A way to avoid losing face or embarassment when you do not know how to answer the boss's question. However, it can be considered unprofessional if used too much at a workplace.
用法: E.g. 你:我搵過好多次,但係somehow條數搵唔到。老細:哦,係呀?(你:我搵過好多次,但係唔知點解條數搵唔到。老細:咁實有原因架喎?) E.g. 你:個printer somehow壞左呀。老細:哦。(你:個printer唔知點解壞左呀。老細:我唔想聽到唔知點解!)
同義詞: 唔知點解
定義: A code-mixing term that can also be used to refer to a non-human object.
用法: E.g. 咁快開波?等我warm up吓先。 E.g. 同事A:喂,部機咁慢既? 同事B:部機要warm up吓先得架。
定義: An Englishised Cantonese phrase that real ABC Hong Kongers use to refer to going to a traditional Chinese restaurant for dim sum. (飲茶)
用法: E.g. Let's go to yum cha this weekend!
同義詞: 飲茶
定義: A code-mixing term that is used instead of '典禮'.
用法: E.g. 同學:個ceremony好耐呀,完未架? 同學:你幾時去grad ceremony呀? 你:我黎唔到個ceremony呀。
同義詞: 典禮
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers as a less official way of grumbling or whining about something just to vent off one's anger because doing this formally might just require a bit too much paperwork.
用法: E.g. 我要complain你啲attitude囉,好差呀你哋公司,I won't come again. 叫你哋最大粒同我出嚟!我要complain!(I have to complain about your attitude, the bad things about your company, and I won't come again. Ask your most senior guy to come out! I want to complain!)
同義詞: 投訴
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/226740/page/6