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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 code-mixing term that overseas educated Hong Kongers use to refer to the kind of lawyer occupation that mostly deals with documents but actually goes to court proceedings at times.
用法: E.g. A: 你係咪做solicitor? 咁咪唔洗上court? B: 都要上court架，少啲咋麻。(A: Are you a solictor? Does that mean you don't need to go to court? B: I need to go to court, but relatively less.)同義詞: 事務律師參考: https://cph-legal.com/2022/03/how-to-ace-a-job-interview-at-a-law-firm/
定義: A pair of code-mixing terms that native Hong Kongers like to use to refer to the sport of gliding over snow because it is simply way too tiring having to tell the other person which one you are talking about if you just say ‘滑雪‘ in Cantonese, which has a literal meaning of 'glide snow'.
用法: E.g. 我好鍾意滑雪。B：不過請問係skiing定係snowboarding? (A: I really like gliding snow. B: But do you mean skiing or snowboarding?)同義詞: 滑雪參考: https://www.baby-kingdom.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=12744670
定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to describe someone who does not show gratitude to those who helped him/her after a goal is reached.
用法: E.g. I have helped you reach your goal and you complete forget about me? So does that mean you finished the ritual and ditch the monk?同義詞: 打完齋唔要和尚參考: https://shyyp.net/hant/phrase/打完齋唔要和尚
定義: Originated from the song "Doot Doot (6 7)" by Skrilla, this is a code-mixing term used by Gen Z westernised Hong Kongers when they want to say 'I don't know' or refer to something 'so-so' as a rating. Sometimes, it may have no meaning at all, even when the person is juggling both hands up and down excitedly. Coincidently, six seven looks similar to the Cantonese expression '碌柒', which has the literal meaning of 'a stick of dick' and refers to an idiot.
用法: E.g. A: How was the movie? B: Six seven. *Hands juggling up and down* (So-so.)
E.g. A: What is the answer to this question? B: Six seven! (I don't f***ing know.)同義詞: 唔撚知, 係喇掛參考: https://www.instagram.com/p/DQbVj-KkvEX/?hl=en (使用手機版本)
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to refer to making someone happy, satisfied and giving them pleasure, which is really not an easy task for anyone to do, but at least it doesn't always mean to win someone's favour by flattery like '取悦' in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 宣萱自揭離開無綫原因：原來可能要刷鞋，要please一啲你唔想please嘅人，咁我問自己得唔得？唔得。(Jessica Hester Hsuan reveals the reason for leaving TVB: It turns out that you may have to make up to people, to please those who you don't want to please, so I ask myself can I? No.)同義詞: 使滿意, 開心; 取悦參考: https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/entertainment/20260202/bkn-20260202190138911-0202_00862_001.html
定義: Originated from the classic riddle '童子軍跳彈床' meaning scout trampoline, this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to express the meaning of 'I don't f***ing care' in informal situations.
用法: E.g. A: What do you want to eat for lunch? B: Scout dan la.同義詞: 是鳩但參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/童子軍跳彈床——是鳩但
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