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定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers have unconsciously adopted to refer to a workplace because they have used Microsoft Office a bit too much growing up for doing homework and assignments.
用法: E.g. 聽日要返office?唔係打八號風球咩?!(We need to go to office tomorrow? Isn't it gonna be typhoon 8?!)
同義詞: 辦公室
參考: https://www.jobmarket.com.hk/m/Bastille/返Shift網民大呻轉返Office工仲辛苦:朝九晚六先係真地獄?
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: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to being open-minded about sex, which is extremely appropriate to use to describe someone due to its hidden sexual connotations.
用法: E.g. 外表斯文,內裡open。(He/she is gentle on the outside, open on the inside.)
同義詞: 豪放
定義: A more sophisticated way of expressing chance (機會) in Cantonese, as the English term denotes prospect for advancement or success.
用法: E.g. 好多謝貴公司今日比呢個opportunity我地黎做個presentation.
同義詞: 機會
定義: Pronounced as '痾打', this is a more elegant term that refers to the Cantonese equivalent(落單)for placing orders. Sometimes, it is used by the police when giving instructions to the subordinates.
用法: E.g. D野仲未黎既?我落左order好耐喇喎。快D吹吓佢。E.g. 警察:This is an order! Understand?! 下屬:Yes, sir!
同義詞: 落單
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to working overtime. Sometimes, it is used as '冬OT' (winter OT), which means 'don't OT'.
用法: E.g. A:死喇,咁多野做。唔知今晚要OT到幾時呢?B:冬OT!
同義詞: 加班
參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
定義: 1. (adj) This is a code-mixing word that refers to being outdated. 2. (verb) To instruct someone to be eliminated or get out of the room.
用法: E.g. 你兒家先聽呢首歌?你真係好out呀。(adj) E.g. 你同我out!(verb)
參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
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 that working class Hong Kongers like to use to describe something that is not yet done or paid.
用法: E.g. 依家仲有咩case係outstanding?
同義詞: 未解決
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something that has been overdone, resulting in being too strong or excessive.
用法: E.g. 人越大 就覺得林夕啲詞over咗 我極度懷疑林夕由細到大畀佢老豆打大 (The older I get, the more I feel that Albert Leung's lyrics are over the top. I extremely suspect that Albert Leung was beaten by his father from a young age.)
同義詞: 過火
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3551934/page/1