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定義: Often pronounced as 'vely gud', this is a code-mixing expression that grassroots Hong Kongers like to use when they cannot think of any other way to complement or give praise to something. 'Vely' (very) can also be used with other words such as 'delicious', even though delicious already denotes the meaning of excellence in food quality.
用法: E.g. 哇，今次做得好。Vely gud！
E.g. 哇，D牛扒真係vely delicious呀！
定義: Even though the word 'double' may seem redundant, this is a code-mixing expression that is often used in the workplaces of Hong Kong when you want to verify something.
用法: E.g. 可唔可以double confirm吓個schedule呀？
E.g. 唔該幫我double confirm吓每一個detail呀。參考: https://smelab.com.hk/職場英語-double-confirm-reconfirm/
定義: This is an lot more linguistically efficient way of saying the Cantonese equivalent '打電話', which has 3 long syllables.
用法: E.g. 可以兒家call你嗎？
E.g. 我尋日call爆你機都唔聽。你去左邊呀？參考: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term that is used when you want to avoid describing someone as being '衰' or not nice.
用法: E.g. 男仔：喂，我覺得你咁樣講野好衰呀。女朋友：你話我衰？！
E.g. 男仔：喂，我覺得你咁樣講野好mean呀。女朋友：講得岩。我有時講野係mean左D，不過唔至於係衰。
定義: A way to express how nice someone is on the surface.
用法: E.g. 佢個人好nice，但係識耐左先知道原來係虛偽。
E.g. 佢個人好nice，不過唔知個人好唔好呢？
