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定義: A shortened term of the word 'confirm' in English, used to maximise communicative efficiency and to get the listener to confirm ASAP.
用法: E.g. 下個月個party既日期firm左未呀? E.g. 你下次個appointment firm左未呀? E.g. Firm左未呀?快D啦。
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a job application form where loads of information need to be filled in, especially for large companies.
用法: E.g. 點解D大公司填FORM要咁詳細。又身份證住址生日,有冇得唔填咁詳細? (Why do large companies need you to fill in forms with such detail? For example, ID, address, and birthday. Can we not fill in with such detail?)
同義詞: 表格
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2545196/page/1
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: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to making the remark "looks good to me" after doing a code review for a programmer, which means the work has been done properly.
用法: E.g. Review完喇,LGTM!ϵ( 'Θ' )϶
同義詞: 睇落唔錯
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3878537/page/24
定義: Often translated into a bilingual pun 'Old嬋' meaning a middle aged woman, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to the Osim massage chair.
用法: E.g. 有OSIM唔洗搵Old嬋,但係坐上去就變左Old嬋。(If we have OSIM, then there is no need to find an old auntie. But sitting on an OSIM chair will make you an old auntie.)
同義詞: Old嬋
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2358165/page/1
定義: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone as kind and friendly, even though it can just be a good manner posture sometimes.
用法: E.g. 跟住呢個係我自身經歷左warm嘅事: 一個人去食譚仔點知叫得太辣流晒鼻水但搵唔到紙巾, 同枱隔離有個人遞左紙巾俾小妹 (Then this is my own experience of a warm thing: I went to Tam Jai restaurant to eat by myself and I somehow ordered too spicy so I got a running nose but could not find tissue. Then someone from another table handed me tissue.)
同義詞: 温暖; 熱心; 熱情
參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/2513918/page/3
定義: Pronounced as 'cam-mell' and criticised as Fake ABC English, this is a code-mixing term used by celebrity Janice man to refer to the animal 'camel'.
用法: E.g. 其實我自己好鍾意cam-mell色既,真係好似D駱駝色既,有少少泥色既。
定義: A Kongish code-mixing term used to describe how poor (慘) someone is.
用法: E.g. I cried coz I am very chaam. E.g. 今次考試肥左真係好chaam。 E.g. 做到扒左喺到咁真係chaamchaam豬。
同義詞: 慘
參考: https://topick.hket.com/article/3056055/【港式英文】嫌米綫店「updup」及食客「wuddud」%20%20%20%20港女IG發文形容好「Chaam」
定義: A noun-turned-adjective code-mixing term used to describe how charming or attractive a person is.
用法: E.g. 喂,你覺得佢好charm嗎? E.g. 你今日著得好charm喎。
同義詞: 有魅力
定義: This is a code-mixing term used to refer to claiming money. However, it is often pronounced as 'kam' by grassroot class Hong Kongers.
用法: E.g. 請問讀完個course有冇得kam返d錢架? E.g. 請問d飯錢可唔可以問返公司kam架?
同義詞: 索取
參考: https://holiday.presslogic.com/article/224449/港式-廣東話-中英夾雜-口語-香港人-搭lift-食lunch