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Definition: A more subtle way for Hong Kongers to refer to the undergarment worn by women, as the Cantonese equivalent term '胸圍' may sound too explicit and embarrassing in mentioning the female's body part.
Usage: E.g. 哎呀，我今日唔記得左載bra添。
Synonym: 胸圍
Reference: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/201902353/201902353_1.pdf
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to suggesting many ideas for a topic or activity very quickly.
Usage: E.g. 大家一齊brainstorm吓產品既idea。
Reference: https://www.story001.com/post-196.html
Definition: An Englishised code-mixing term used to describe someone who is so calm and relaxed like the almighty Buddha such that he or she does not have time to chase the opposite sex, but focuses on work and personal interests only. Sometimes, it is also used to describe someone who does not get angry easily when things happened.
Usage: E.g. Why don't you find a girlfriend? Are you the buddha-type person? E.g. *bump* That hurt when you bumped into me! But I'm okay, my friend!
Synonym: 佛系
Reference: https://www.localiiz.com/post/cantonese-slang-of-the-week-buddha-type
Definition: A code-mixing term that only upper class Hong Kongers know how to use to refer to a meal where people serve themselves the food because of the French origin of the word which makes it so hard to pronounce properly.
Usage: E.g. A: 放假不如食buffet呀？B: 你指蒲飛？(A: What about eating buffet during holiday? B: You mean po-fei?)
Synonym: 蒲飛
Reference: https://hk.news.yahoo.com/生日飯-餐廳-推介-推薦-生日餐廳-235652146.html
Definition: A code-mixing term that is often used by people in the IT sector to refer to a computer bug (漏洞).
Usage: E.g. 唔係掛？今次個program有咁多bug？！
Synonym: 漏洞
Definition: A code-mixing term used by upper class Hong Kongers who have quite an expectation towards the price of a hamburger.
Usage: E.g. 你一個垃圾burger，要人畀過百蚊，根本冇可能長做長有。(Expecting people to pay over one hundred dollars for a trash burger is not sustainable in the long term.)
Synonym: 漢堡
Reference: https://www.edigest.hk/投資熱話/富二代-鍾培生-fiveguys-執笠-ed01-1934440/2/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong aunties to refer to the Cathay Pacific airlines. However, it may have nothing to do with Cathay being a cafe.
Usage: E.g. A: 你搭咩航空？ B: Cafe Pacific囉。
Synonym: 國泰
Reference: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRCavrZCNbZ/?igsh=MTNmNHJmNGtmOG4xZw== (use mobile version)
Definition: 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.
Usage: E.g. 唔該借個cal機比我呀？ E.g. 試下用caltor check吓個answer。
Synonym: 計數機
Reference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uik5GWvXiLA&t=210s
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to describe a person with a feminised voice.
Usage: E.g. 我覺得呢個男人cam cam哋。唔知真係男人定係女人呢？
Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: 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'.
Usage: 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。