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定義: Derived from '老屎忽' meaning 'old buttocks', this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase used to refer to a person who has high authority in a company but often looks down on the subordinates, points fingers at them, and uses them to his or her advantage.
用法: E.g. My senior is such an old seafood! He just likes to point his finger at people and doesn't do anything himself!
同義詞: 老屎忽
定義: (vulgar, textspeak) A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who's idiotic and stupid. It originated from the Cantonese words '憨鳩' because the '鳩' (penis) has a similar pronunciation as the number 9 in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. Why did you piss on me? Are you on9? (憨鳩) E.g. Don't be so on99 and watch where you're going! (憨鳩鳩)
同義詞: 憨鳩
參考: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=28512
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers like to use to describe a job that must be done in a company office.
用法: E.g. 份合約講明份工要onsite做，冇得work from home。
同義詞: 現場，在工地
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: Said to have originated from 'copycat' in English, this is a Kongish code-mixing phrase that refers to someone who cheats or copies other people's answers in an exam. (出貓)
用法: E.g. Don't dare to bring out the cat in an exam! (唔好咁大擔考試出貓！)
同義詞: 出貓
定義: A code-mixing term used by entertainment judges as a neutral way of describing the state of something not being controlled rather than implying someone has gone wrong losing control of something.
用法: E.g. 我覺得你有時可能自視太高，你頭先出嚟時用聲同埋所有嘅野，你係完全out of control，直情係一個好似唔識唱歌嘅人 (I feel you may think too highly of yourself sometimes, like when you first came out and used your voice and all that, you were completely out of control, as if you were a person who didn't seem to know how to sing at all.)
同義詞: 失控
參考: https://www.stheadline.com/film-drama/3570761/魔音女團莊子璇失準隨時出局陳熙蕊安慰喬美莎獲激讚-高學歷背景曾創百萬帶貨額
定義: A versatile code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to arranging, tidying or wrapping things into a container such as a luggage.
用法: E.g. 姐姐，我愛你呀。返到屋企，呆左，姐姐知我3日後搬屋，幫我pack好晒d野 (Sister, I love you. I was speechless when I went home. My sister knew I would move to another house three days later so she helped me pack everything.)
同義詞: 執; 包
參考: https://www.threads.com/share/_tNvRYFKv/
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to an office's tea area with a whole bunch of facilities such as a sink, fridge, microwave oven and much more.
用法: E.g. A: 見過最癲嘅公司pantry有啲咩？B: 罐裝汽水，果汁，咖啡任飲，十幾款薯片，餅乾，果仁任食，沙律任食，杯麵任食。C: 老鼠 (A: What are the craziest things you have ever seen in a company's pantry? B: Canned soda, juice, all-you-can-drink coffee, a dozen chips, biscuits, all-you-can-eat nuts, all-you-can-eat salad, all-you-can-eat cup noodles. C: Rats)
同義詞: 茶水間; 食品貯藏室
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2166431/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to describe something that is going on simultaneously as another, such as a task or event. At other times, it can also be used to describe things happening outside of work such as love relationships.
用法: E.g. 呢兩個task幫我睇吓可唔可以同時parallel咁樣進行。(Help me see whether the two tasks can proceed at the same time.) E.g. 點解拍拖唔可以Parallel咁進行？ (Why can't you date more than one person at the same time?)
同義詞: 同時間
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3070535/page/1
定義: A code-mixing phrase that a Jayden Mami loves to use to refer to a more casual way of learning something rather than the formal way of acquiring skills and information.
用法: E.g. Jayden呀，有時間就去pick up English啦。你唔用既話會好快forget架。(Jayden, go and pick up English when you have time. If you don't use it, you will forget it.)
同義詞: 學識; 練習
參考: https://hk.amazingtalker.com/questions/8407