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Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by working class Hong Kongers to emphasize the duration of time that an event is happening which is probably not coming to an end so soon.
Usage: E.g. 總之as long as我係你個上司，你就要聽我講既野。(In short, as long as I am your superior, you have to listen to what I say.)
Synonym: 只要
Definition: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing phrase that is used to ask someone whether they know something.
Usage: E.g. A: Nei g ng g kui hui jor bin? B: Ng g. (A: 你知唔知佢去左邊? B: 唔知。)
Synonym: 知唔知
Definition: A code-mixing term that refers to ‘out of budget’, which is used by working class Hong Kongers in business meetings.
Usage: 做project management只睇兩樣。第一就係有冇outside個scope，第二就係有冇out bud。
Definition: A shortened code-mixing term that refers to 'dancing society'.
Usage: E.g. 同學：你參加左咩so呀？你：dan so囉。內地學生：什麼？你：唔好意思。係dancing society呀。
Synonym: 跳舞學會
Definition: A code-mixing term that the Hong Kong celebrity '肥媽' like to use to refer to enjoying oneself on the stage by shaking along music or rhythm.
Usage: E.g. 上到舞台一定要unjoy！
Definition: A euphemistic way of telling somebody to eat sh*t (食屎).
Usage: E.g. 咁巴閉?! Eat c la!
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to cheering up a person such as a child in order to make them happy again or stop crying or being angry. At times, it can also refer to coaxing or persuading someone gently in order to convince them.
Usage: E.g. 首期一人一半,都無落佢名,tum住佢話遲啲再買多層落佢名免稅 (E.g. The down payment was split among us in half, and I did not even put her name down for the flat. So I coaxed her by saying I will buy another flat for her tax-free.)
Synonym: 氹
Reference: https://amp.lihkg.com/thread/3214136/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to being open-minded about sex, which is extremely appropriate to use to describe someone due to its hidden sexual connotations.
Usage: E.g. 外表斯文，內裡open。(He/she is gentle on the outside, open on the inside.)
Synonym: 豪放
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a paragraph of job responsibilities that may be lacking in detail in order to cover up the downsides of the job position.
Usage: E.g. 基本上所謂嘅「正職」，份份都搞唔撚掂，睇job description已經feel到伏到爆；人工就好似倒退咁，俾$20,000已經好似唔想俾咁。(Basically the so-called "full-time job", I cannot really handle every one of these jobs, as reading the job descriptions already makes me feel like it's a trap; Salary is like a regression, and $20,000 is already something they don't want to give.)
Synonym: 工作內容; 職務描述
Reference: https://www.threads.com/share/_hfKA8ePg/
Definition: A code-mixing term that often refers to a computer/video game.
Usage: E.g. 你最鍾意玩邊隻game呀？
Synonym: 遊戲