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定義: A code-mixing term meaning to replay or do something over and over again. (verb)
用法: E.g. 喂，就算首歌好正都唔洗狂loop嘛？ E.g. 知道你大學畢業英文勁喇。唔洗成日loop比我聽嘛？
定義: Often pronounced as 'launch', this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to a club lounge in a hotel.
用法: E.g. 唔該，請問個lounge喺邊？我想搵個位坐吓先。
同義詞: 休息聽
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mz8kUbNcMw
定義: A code-mixing phrase that Hong Kongers use to refer to having low intelligence or being stupid. Also used as '低B' sometimes.
用法: E.g. 唔好咁low b係到周圍大叫啦！ E.g. 低B仔，你係咪仲未get要做咩呀？
同義詞: 低B
參考: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
定義: A code-mixing term used by grassroots Hong Kongers to refer to “no pay leave” or non-paid leave.
用法: E.g. 請唔到病假咪請low pay leave囉! （no pay leave)
同義詞: 無薪假期
定義: (adj) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe something that is very unadvanced in technology. There is a famous quote that goes "High Tech揩野，Low Tech撈野", which describes the volatility of high-tech products as opposed to low-tech products that have a larger market despite high competition. '撈' refers to '有得撈', which means you can earn a living.
用法: E.g. 今時今日唔可以再咁low tech架喇。快D買返部智能手機啦。
參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf
定義: A fashionable way of referring to lunch in Cantonese.
用法: Eg. 喂，不如一齊食lunch呀？Eg. 放lunch想食D咩呀？
同義詞: 午餐
參考: http://www.patrickchu.net/uploads/9/0/5/3/9053324/2007_free_ppt.pdf
定義: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the famous French luxury brand ‘Louis Vuitton’. However, the grassroots class Hong Kongers may pronounce it as ‘eh-lo-wee’.
用法: Ａ：你最想買邊隻手袋呀？Ｂ：唔洗問緊係ＬＶ啦。(A: Which handbag do you want to buy? B: No need to ask. Must be LV.)
同義詞: Louis Vuitton
參考: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/3065984/page/1
定義: A euphemistic code-mixing term that refers to 'menstruation' in English. However, it is also used as 'M記' to refer to McDonald\'s.
用法: E.g. 唔好話我聽兒家先黎M麻？ E.g. 今次真係M到阿媽都唔認得喇！E.g. 今日又食M記？唔好喇掛！
定義: A romanised Cantonese phrase that westernised Hong Kongers use to ask the waiter to get the bill.
用法: E.g. Mai daan, mm goi! (埋單, 唔該!)
同義詞: 埋單
參考: https://homekong.com.hk/blogs/read/helpful-cantonese-phrases-to-know
定義: A convenient English phrase used by native Hong Kongers to avoid going into negative detail about someone who does not understand you.
用法: E.g. 朋友: 喂，你講野好唔make sense喎。你：真的嗎？ E.g. 我覺得你講野make sense，不過我唔係太明。 E.g. 你講野都唔make sense，廢鬼事再聽你講。