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定義: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students love to use to refer to having an argument with another person in a peaceful, academic manner.
用法: E.g. 我同我個男朋友平時好鍾意嗌交，嗌吓呢樣又嗰樣，不過都係debate姐。(I like to argue with my boyfriend all the time, about this and that, but it's just debating.)同義詞: 辯論參考: https://www.threads.com/@yyanchi._/post/C3_6NO0ySjE?hl=zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to making someone happy, satisfied and giving them pleasure, which is really not an easy task for anyone to do, but at least it doesn't always mean to win someone's favour by flattery like '取悦' in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 宣萱自揭離開無綫原因：原來可能要刷鞋，要please一啲你唔想please嘅人，咁我問自己得唔得？唔得。(Jessica Hester Hsuan reveals the reason for leaving TVB: It turns out that you may have to make up to people, to please those who you don't want to please, so I ask myself can I? No.)同義詞: 使滿意, 開心; 取悦參考: https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20260202/bkn-20260202190138911-0202_00862_001.html
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the initial notification sent by a university presenting an acceptance of an applicant for a course, often provided that the applicant fulfills a number of conditions and the payment as well.
用法: E.g. A: 大學出左offer比你未？ B: 收到同接受左喇，但係仲未正式取錄。(A: Have you received the offer from university yet? B: I received it and accepted it, but the admission is not officially confirmed yet.)同義詞: 取錄, 錄取通知參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2632592/page/1
定義: Derived from the noun ‘maintenance’, this is a code-mixing verb used to refer to carrying out maintenance work on something in order to keep it running without errors and issues.
用法: E.g. D code寫簡短啲，main就容易做啲啦。(Write simpler code so you can carry out maintenance more easily.)同義詞: Maintenance，維護參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2545265/page/1
定義: A pair of code-mixing terms that native Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the sport of gliding over snow because it is simply way too tiring having to tell the other person which one you are talking about if you just say ‘滑雪‘ in Cantonese, which has a literal meaning of 'glide snow'.
用法: E.g. 我好鍾意滑雪。B：不過請問係skiing定係snowboarding? (A: I really like gliding snow. B: But do you mean skiing or snowboarding?)同義詞: 滑雪參考: https://www.baby-kingdom.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=12744670
定義: A code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to hitting a ball towards the ground forcefully in tennis, which not only feels good when defeating someone with such a gesture, but also it sort of gives the person a feeling of breaking something into pieces.
用法: E.g. 咁勁？！今次我要smash返你！(So powerful?! I'm going to smash you back!)同義詞: 殺球參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3898753/page/7
定義: A fashionable code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students to refer to 'dancing society' in a highly efficient and beautiful manner, just like how they would execute any dance moves.
用法: E.g. 唔係以為danso真係要識跳舞先入得嘛。(You thought you have to know how to dance in order to join dancing society?)同義詞: dancing society, 舞蹈學會參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/227225/page/3
定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to the extent someone is shortsighted in degree units.
用法: E.g. You are shortsighted? What is your eye degrees?同義詞: prescription, diopters, 度數參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBmy095Db9U&t=190s
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