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定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers use to refer to a meeting invitation sent out by the MS Outlook software.
用法: E.g. 係咪聽日想開會傾呢樣野？唔該send個invitation黎先。
同義詞: 邀請
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the formal document sent by a seller to a buyer as a request for payment, which is be differentiated from a receipt.
用法: E.g. 你俾完錢收到嘅果張係叫收據，係receipt，但啲大陸人係統一叫發票。(What you receive after payment should be called a receipt, but mainland Chinese people also refer to it as an invoice.)
同義詞: 發票; 請款單
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2808375/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to the information technology sector, which tends to be associated with the result of many wrongdoings and unfortunate happenings such as being laid off.
用法: E.g. 上世做錯事 今世做it (My past life was filled with wrongdoings; This life got me into IT sector.) E.g. 少時讀IT,大個唔見天，裁員就你先。(If we choose to study IT when we were young, we will grow up not seeing the daylight. Company lay offs will also happen to us first.
同義詞: 資訊科技
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/BAYf1twTSF/
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe something as more inferior in quality than another without saying it's of bad quality.
用法: E.g. 我去過呢間bar。It's even worse!
同義詞: 更加差
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3047481/page/1
定義: With a literal meaning of 'humbly receive', this is a code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers who work in Japanese companies to express politeness before starting to eat a meal, which is equivalent to "Let's eat" in English.
用法: E.g. A: Itadakimas! B: 其實係唔係一定要講？A: 唔係，不過有禮貌啲囉。(A: Itadakimas! B: Do we actually have to say this? A: No, but it's more polite if we do.)
同義詞: 開飯喇, 唔客氣喇, Let's eat
參考: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Itadakimasu
定義: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong actress and singer JW as a less direct way to describe someone with a bad personality.
用法: E.g. I am not saying he is a bad person, 佢都係好人嚟㗎，男人我明白會有犯呢啲錯啦，但係當我係個受害者嘅時候，我就make咗呢個decision... (I am not saying he is a bad person, he is a good person after all, I understand men make these kind of mistakes, but since I was a victim, I made this decision...)
同義詞: 我唔係想講佢係一個壞/品質差既人
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to tell somebody to hurry up, which is similar to the phrase 'chop chop' in English. (Also see 'la la lum')
用法: E.g. Ja ja lum go to school now or you will miss the bus! Eg. Finish your homework! Ja ja lum la!
同義詞: 咋咋臨
定義: (verb) A code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers like to use to refer to paper being stuck in a printer.
用法: E.g. 個printer又jam紙？唔係掛？
同義詞: 卡住紙
參考: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
定義: An Englishised code-mixing term used by westernised Hong Kongers to refer to a set of viral videos created by two Hong Kong KOL Matthew (matthewpwj_) and Janice (janicewanwan), where typical Hong Kong modern mothers are being imitated and mocked by their Cantonese-English code-mixing conversation style that is supposedly awkward. Even though "Jayden" is taken as a popular name for boys in Hong Kong, other names such as Eunice, Benson, Hailey and many more are used.
用法: E.g. Jayden, Mommy told you not to play all day. Have you done your homework?
同義詞: Jayden之亂
定義: This is an Englishised term of the Cantonese words '著數', which refers to advantages that one can offer.
用法: E.g. 如果我幫你，你會比我D咩ｊｅｔｓｏ先？
同義詞: 著數
參考: https://www.scmp.com/magazines/hk-magazine/article/2038083/what-exactly-jetso