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定義: An Englishised code-mixing phrase that refers to someone who disappeared for a long time and no one knows where they went.
用法: E.g. I will be blacklisting this guy who promised to attend the conference but went scuba diving!同義詞: 潛水
定義: A code-mixing phrase that native Hong Kongers tend to use instead of the Cantonese equivalent words '即係'.
用法: E.g. 今日呢個demo係做比大家睇既，which is：如果你地有D咩問題想問關於呢個project，或者你地覺得有D咩地方可以再做好D，請隨便發問或者提議。
定義: A code-mixing term that refers to ‘out of budget’, which is used by working class Hong Kongers in business meetings.
用法: 做project management只睇兩樣。第一就係有冇outside個scope，第二就係有冇out bud。
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to a programmer or developer especially if they are one themselves because it makes them sound like a profession.
用法: E.g. A: 你做咩IT行業? 寫program嗰D? B: 唔係。我係engineer。(What kind of IT industry are you from? Are you a programmer? B: No, I am an engineer.)同義詞: 工程師參考: https://tecky.io/zh_Hant/blog/Programmer-分多少種-2022-23/
定義: Derived from Victoria Harbour and upgraded from 'Kong girl', this is a code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to describe a Hong Kong girl who is arrogant, sharp-tongued and overly self-important, like having "blue-blood" princess-like attitude. When compared with the 'Kong girl', the only real difference seems to be that the girl is proud of being called a 'Victoria girl' rather than a 'Kong girl' because the former sounds more elegant and posh while the latter sounds more of a deragatory term.
用法: E.g. I can't believe I went from being an egg tart girl in housing estates to Rosewood hotel-level. I am now a Victoria girl and I'm proud of it.同義詞: 維多利亞妹, 維妹參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DUn44TmjESh/?img_index=4&igsh=YWluejFiZm1rdHdp (使用手機版本)
定義: Known as JM tone and pronounced with an extra 'r' in Armani, this is a code-mixing term used by Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man to refer to the Italian fashion designer and brand.
用法: E.g.「嚟到GoRgio ARmaRni(Giorgio Armani)嘅show嘅現場…」馬米高聽到一臉疑惑︰「Hello Girl！你去咗冒牌現場啊？ Giorgio Arrr讀到呢度都啱，但係咪ar-MARNI？冇R喎！」(Janice Man: Arriving at the live show of Giorgio Armani... Michael Ma heard and suspected: "Hello Girl! Did you go to the fake brand's live show? Giorgio Arrr is pronounced correctly, but is it ar-MARNI? There is no R there!)同義詞: 喬治·亞曼尼, Giorgio Armani參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DVyay3rgqtf/?igsh=MWU0bGlyajBnM3B5OQ== (使用手機版本)
定義: Originated from Japanese TV show, this is an Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a teenage-like person who often only lives in their own world and does things just to satisfy themselves, or even acting as if they have secret powers.
用法: E.g. 鍾培生吊威也求婚女友未say yes硬戴戒指網民：太中二了 (Derek Chung proposed to his girlfriend with a wire stunt and put the ring on her while she has not even said yes. Netizens commented: "Such eighth grader syndrome!")同義詞: 中二病參考: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1239684264415029/
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