香港中英夾雜字典

定義: Originated from Italian meaning 'milk', this is a code-mixing used by upper class Hong Kongers to refer to the type of coffee made with espresso and hot steamed milk, which they believe should not be as heavy as other kinds of coffee as the term '拿鐵' denotes, which has the literal meaning of 'carry metal'.

用法: E.g. 唔該，我想要一杯tall size既latte。(Excuse me, may I have a tall sized latte?)

同義詞: 拿鐵

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3648151/page/1

定義: Pronounced with a rising tone on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that refers to 'calculator'.  Also used as 'cal機' sometimes.

用法: E.g. 唔該借個cal機比我呀？ E.g. 試下用caltor check吓個answer。

同義詞: 計數機

參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s

定義: A tag-switching phrase overused by Fake ABC's in Hong Kong to create a western appeal.

用法: E.g. You know, 我成日去做gym緊係fit啦, you know。 E.g. 我係上等人咁緊係成日夾雜英文啦, you know?

參考: https://travel.ulifestyle.com.hk/news/detail/12179/明明無r音都要捲舌-5大令人頂唔順的偽abc特徵/1

定義: Sometimes used with a negation particle such as '唔' meaning 'not' in Cantonese, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe something as not very kind and pleasant in a less direct and personal way, even though the word is usually used to describe a person.

用法: E.g. 你講得岩。香港揸車唔係咁friendly。(You are right. Driving in Hong Kong isn't very friendly.)

同義詞: 友善

定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers in the IT sector like to use to refer to the local environment of a computer.

用法: E.g. 你要喺local試吓run個program，然後再upload上去個server到試。

同義詞: 本地

定義: (noun) A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to visual look or pattern of something rather than the planning and structure of how something works.

用法: E.g. 有冇潮人講既呢對鞋個design 個設計精髓 (Any trendy person is talking about the design of this shoe, or the design essence?)

同義詞: 設計

參考: https://lihkg.com/thread/3008007/page/1

定義: A way to avoid sounding too imaginative when you want to suggest things that are impossible to happen.

用法: E.g. Let’s say你有日比人老粒左，你會點呢？ E.g. Let’s say你考試肥佬左，你會點面對你家人？ E.g. Let's say你比人打獲金，你會唔會還拖？

定義: A generic term for a number of different Chinese words of equivalent meaning, sometimes used to tone down your directness and also to maximise communicative efficiency.

用法: E.g. 老師: 老師唔expect你１００分，不過盡左力就得喇。（要求） E.g. 朋友: 今日係我生日。我expect你都比下面掛。（預料） E.g. 我冇expect過今次考試會考成咁。（預期） E.g. 上司對你冇咩expectation，總之搞掂Ｄ野就得喇。（期望）

同義詞: 要求; 預料; 預期; 期望

定義: This is a code-mixing phrase commonly used to replace 最後一日 when the last day of activity is reached.

用法: E.g. 今日係唔係last day?

同義詞: 最後一日

定義: A code-mixing phrase used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to a unique or distinct competitive edge that a person or company has over others, which is often something that they were born with or started with. The phrase also tends to be more positive and optimistic than the Cantonese equivalent terms, even though some may think the opposite is true.

用法: E.g. 林作：個世界就係唔公平。你要做既，就係要用任何你身上有可能既unfair advantage。如果你唔識用你靚仔呢樣野，令人覺得你靚仔D，至少比你做intern，咁你就係傻仔。(Jo Lam: The world is unfair as we know it. What you need to do is to make use of any sort of unfair advantage that you intrinsically have. If you don't know how to make use of your advantage in having good looks or make others think you are better looking so that they would at least give you a job as an intern, then you are an idiot.)

同義詞: 不公平的優勢; 不平等的優勢

參考: https://www.facebook.com/reel/2975035002684251