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定義: Often pronounced with a long vowel 'feet', this is a code-mixing term that is more appropriate to use when describing someone in good shape.
用法: E.g. 男仔：哇，你身材幾好喎。女仔：咸濕仔！ E.g. 男仔：哇，你身材好標準喎。女仔：死咸濕仔！ E.g. 男仔：哇，你好fit喎。女仔：多謝。
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to something happening or behaving the same way as before over time.
用法: E.g. 我：‘I need to stay consistent!’ 講英文人：Consistent 廣東話係乜嘢？(Me: I need to stay consistent! English speaker: What is consistent in Cantonese?)
同義詞: keep住
參考: https://www.threads.com/@tracywongdc/post/DE-HfeUuJEx
定義: A tag-switching phrase often used by Native Hong Kongers for clarifying on matters. However, it can sometimes be overused by Fake ABC's to strike a western impression on others.
用法: E.g. 份project未搞掂呀。I mean，我岩岩做完要check吓先。 E.g. 港女：你應該食少D野。I mean，你應該減吓肥至岩。 E.g. 香港人：你講咩話？偽ABC：I mean，well... I mean，我覺得你身材唔係好fit囉I mean。
參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to the school that a person had graduated from. However, working class and grassroots Hong Kongers may know this term but not use it because it sounds too Latin than English. Hence, they find ‘mother school’ is more sensible and practical to use.
用法: E.g. 你既alma mater係邊間學校？
同義詞: 母校, mother school
參考: https://youtube.com/shorts/Br8CWgYQNak?si=aFaIMvdv2YSnCxvh
定義: A code-mixing term that often refers to a computer/video game.
用法: E.g. 你最鍾意玩邊隻game呀？
同義詞: 遊戲
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a man who relies on his wife or girlfriend to sustain a living.
用法: E.g. Be a real man and stop eating soft rice!
同義詞: 食軟飯
定義: Often pronounced as 'fi-lo' with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that is more generic to be used for a number of different items in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 唔該copy呢個file比我。（電腦檔案） E.g. 買多個file儲住D紀錄。（文件夾） E.g. 警察：我哋會睇返呢單case既file。（檔案）
同義詞: 文件夾; 檔案
參考: https://aclanthology.org/O09-5003.pdf
定義: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of saying '開會' or having a '會議'.
用法: E.g. 我聽日九點鐘有個meeting。開完meeting再搵你呀？
同義詞: 會議
參考: https://theinitium.com/roundtable/20170226-lifestyle-mix-chn-eng/
定義: Often pronounced as 'grandma', this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to the set of rules that define the structure of a language, which can be difficult and annoying sometimes like a grandma.
用法: E.g. 今次考試要考埋英文grammar。真係好麻煩呀！(The exam will also cover English grammar this time. So frigging annoying!)
同義詞: 語法
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3389792/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person's emotional state that can be driven by an atmosphere or a person.
用法: E.g. 女朋友講完句野搞到我無晒mood (My girlfriend said something which made me lose my mood.)
同義詞: 心情
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/294607/page/3