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定義: Originated from ‘gg’ meaning ‘game over' and often transliterated as the loan word ‘豬‘ meaning pig, this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to describe situations where they have lost or think they already lost. Even though ‘豬‘ has a similar sound as 'g', this is not to be mistaken as a mispronunication as a pig represents stupidity in Cantonese and fits the context and meaning entirely. Also said to have originated from Taiwanese.
用法: E.g. 今次對手咁勁，真係豬喇喎。(Our opponents are so powerful this time, it's really game over.) E.g. 今次考試豬左。(My exam results is game over.)
同義詞: 豬, 完了，GG
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3388417/page/1
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that local Hong Kongers use to refer to someone who is off-topic or providing irrelevant answers.
用法: E.g. Lei dou gau m daap baat! Can you answer my question?!
同義詞: 九唔搭八
參考: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
定義: Known as Kongish and originated from a story where a man used to lure children by promising to buy them goldfish, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to a paedophile. (金魚佬)
用法: E.g. Stop buying me chocolate and lure me like a goldish man!
同義詞: 金魚佬
定義: A romanised code-mixing phrase that Hong Kong expats use to wish someone prosperous and good fortune during Chinese New Year. Sometimes , it may be mistaken as 'Happy new year' by non-Cantonese speaking expats, even though there is nothing really wrong with saying it to people excessively. (Variant: Kung hei fat choi)
用法: E.g. Happy Chinese New Year! Gong hei fat choi! Gong hei fat choi!
同義詞: 恭喜發財
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by Hong Kong local students to encourage others to keep studying hard and make progress every day.
用法: E.g. My Chinese classmates often tell me to 'Good good study, day day up'. It's so catchy!
同義詞: 好好學習，天天向上
參考: https://dw-media.tkww.hk/epaper/tkp/20091103/A25_Screen.pdf
定義: Often pronounced as 'grandma', this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to the set of rules that define the structure of a language, which can be difficult and annoying sometimes like a grandma.
用法: E.g. 今次考試要考埋英文grammar。真係好麻煩呀！(The exam will also cover English grammar this time. So frigging annoying!)
同義詞: 語法
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3389792/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a relatively small number of people or things being put together but probably not big enough to be an organisation or entity.
用法: E.g. 我地間公司係一個group，不如加入我地既whatsapp group再傾吓我地可以點合作？(Our company is a group. What about joining our Whatsapp group so we can talk about how we can work together?)
同義詞: 組, 組織, 集團
參考: https://resources.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/23487/職場熱話-被迫加入廿個公司group-員工-不停彈訊息-連apple-watch都壞埋
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer more specifically to the legal promises made by a company, especially in a contract or agreement.
用法: E.g. bonus guarantee 有3個月？有d 公司好仆街係咪都話生意唔好減咁d 架wor (Is it guaranteed to have 3 months of bonus? Some companies are really an epic fail and say their business is not doing good then lower your salary.)
同義詞: 保證
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2863234/page/3
定義: Often pronounced as 'ha-lo', this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers often use to greet somebody instead of '你好', which sounds too formal sometimes.
用法: E.g. Ha-lo，我叫Peter。你叫咩名？
同義詞: 哈佬
定義: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is advanced in technology. There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野，Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition.
用法: E.g. 哇，張枱有自動升降好high tech呀。
參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf