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定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong local celebrity Jo Lam to refer to having the power and ability to have enthuasiasm, curiosity and interest towards other people, in order to improve your quality of life and have what he calls superpower.
用法: E.g. 林作：如果你想改善你既世界，應該最想追求嗰個quality係嗎？答案就係energy。我唔係一個最係大聲講野，乍乍跳ADHD野既人，但係我可以喺每一個場合帶出嗰種enthusiasm，嗰種curiosity，嗰種interest，係一個會令到個場裡面既人更加被感染，更加對生命係有一種熱誠喺度。你要既係呢樣野，先至係我既所謂Superpower。(E.g. If you want to improve your world, then you would most likely want to pursue that quality of life? The answer is energy. I'm not a person who talks the loudest and hyperactive like ADHD, but I can bring out that enthusiasm, that curiosity, that interest in every setting, which will influence people to have a greater passion for life. This is what you want, which is what I call superpower.)
同義詞: 活力; 能量
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BAWrSkepea/
定義: A code-mixing term used by entertainment judges to describe a performance as enjoyable to watch without judging the entertainment value itself.
用法: E.g. 一開始覺得啲vocal好似嗌緊交，但又好 Entertaining (At first it felt like the vocals were arguing, but was very entertaining at the same time.)
同義詞: 有娛樂性
參考: https://www.nmplus.hk/entertainment/魔音女團-穎喬-陳潔靈-1637287/
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong actor 楊偉倫 to express loyalty to his boss in the movie of Night King that he would absolutely go all out and brave any danger and obstacles.
用法: E.g. 「我土地，學富五car，如果他朝有一日，你真的開鴨店的話，我赴湯蹈fire，做你頭牌！」(I'm Land, learned and knowledgeable like five cars. If one day you really open a male escort club, I'll brave any danger, go all out, and be your top male escort!)
同義詞: 赴湯蹈火
參考: https://www.gotrip.hk/娛樂/夜王-黃子華-金句-1863616/3/
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the rundown of a presentation and how well the speaker articulates his speech and transitions between ideas.
用法: E.g. 返工做present口窒窒點樣改善？理解自己想講既野，設計好個flow, 當講故事咁講出黎。千其唔好死記硬背 (E.g. How to improve yourself if you stutter while presenting at work? Try to understand what you want to say, design the flow, and tell it like a story. Don't memorise it like a script.)
同義詞: 流程
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2675045/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers that seem the most appropriate to use to refer to subscribing to or tracking another user's updates on social media.
用法: E.g. 「Follow」個中文應該點講？(How do you say "Follow" in Chinese?) 追蹤 — 似差人查案 ("Tracking" - Sounds like a police investigation.) 關注 — 似社工家訪 ("Concern" - Sounds like a home visit by a social worker.) 跟蹤 — 會俾人報警 ("Stalking" - People will call the police.)
同義詞: 追蹤; 關注; 跟蹤
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_lsg2qIde
定義: 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.
用法: 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.)
同義詞: 自由騎士
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2241139/page/7
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers as a less explicit way of referring to the period of time a person has not worked especially to employers because it tends to sound small and tiny like a door gap.
用法: E.g. 如果兩個都差唔多，先揀冇gap個個，因為有gap個個驚佢太自由奔放走左去 (If both candidates are almost the same, I'll choose the one without a gap first, because I'm afraid the one with a gap will leave the company quickly like he has too much freedom.)
同義詞: 間隔；空窗期
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe someone who has an interest in the same gender without making it sound so clear and explicit in case someone is eavesdropping. At other times, it can be used to describe something as awkward such as a plot in a story or film.
用法: E.g. A: 我想問你一個問題：你係咪gay架? B: 唔好喇掛，我唔想搞gay。 (A: I want to ask you a question: Are you gay? B: No thanks, I don't want to be gay.) E.g. A: 今次套電影好睇嗎？B: 我覺得啲劇情好gay囉。(A: Do you like the movie this time? B: I think the story is really gay.)
同義詞: 同性戀, 搞gay
參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/1088/
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