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Definition: (textspeak) Transliterated from '無啦啦', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that is used as an adverb to describe something that happened suddenly and unexpectedly.
Usage: E.g. Kui mo la la da ngo! Chi jor sin! (佢無啦啦打我！痴左線！)
Synonym: 無啦啦
Definition: Transliterated from '冇厘頭' meaning 'with no source', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that is used to describe something that makes no sense. It originated from a type of slapstick humour associated with Hong Kong popular culture in the late 20th century, most notably in Steven Chow's (周星馳) movies.
Usage: E.g. I think this story is mo lei tau! But it gives me a very good laugh! (我覺得呢個故事簡直係冇厘頭！不過真係好搞笑！)
Synonym: 冇厘頭
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mo_lei_tau
Definition: Originated from a Steven Chow movie, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe a brief period of time where one wants to unleash his potential. (瞬間)
Usage: E.g. 我醬爆感覺到，喺呢個moment，要爆喇
Synonym: 瞬間
Reference: https://www.hk01.com/電影/46299/愛-回帶-少林足球-醬爆-變漲爆-何文輝愈撈愈掂
Definition: A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a person's emotional state that can be driven by an atmosphere or a person.
Usage: E.g. 女朋友講完句野搞到我無晒mood (My girlfriend said something which made me lose my mood.)
Synonym: 心情
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/294607/page/3
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers often use instead of the Cantonese equivalent '心情'.
Usage: E.g. 今日出面咁多人咁迫，真係冇咩mood行街。
Synonym: 心情
Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: Derived from '母校', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to a school that a person has graduated from. ie. Alma mater.
Usage: Well I’m a Catholic. I believe in what I have been taught when I was in my mother secondary school, Wah Yan Kowloon.
Synonym: 母校
Reference: https://www.inmediahk.net/node/政經/李家超透露是天主教徒-感謝「mother-secondary-school」教誨
Definition: Often added with a 屎, this is a code-mixing term that Hong Kong people use instead of 滑鼠, meaning 'slippery mouse'.
Usage: Eg. 個mouse(屎)幾靚喎。喺邊到買？
Synonym: 滑鼠
Reference: https://www.gushiciku.cn/dl/0pydp/zh-hk
Definition: Classified as 'JM tone', this is a code-mixing style adopted by Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man to represent the upper class. (Notice that the letter m is a voiced consonant in this word and should be emphasized for extremely proper pronunciation.)
Usage: E.g. 我週末得閒既時候會同朋友去睇mmmovie。
Synonym: 電影
Definition: A code-mixing term that local student Hong Kongers use to refer to 'music society'.
Usage: E.g. 唔知mu so今個sem有咩搞呢？
Synonym: 音樂學會
Definition: A code-mixing term that refers to a person's microphone being muted while in a meeting.
Usage: E.g. 同事：喂，我聽唔到呀，你mute左呀。快D搵人叫佢unmute返啦。