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Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the Cantonese swear word '仆街', which literally translates to 'trip on the street'.
Usage: E.g. 聽日交唔到貨就PK喇！ E.g. 玩我？！ 你個PK！
Definition: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that local Hong Kongers use to refer to someone who is off-topic or providing irrelevant answers.
Usage: E.g. Lei dou gau m daap baat! Can you answer my question?!
Synonym: 九唔搭八
Reference: https://hklanguage.home.blog/tag/kongish/
Definition: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a feature or quality of a product that persuades people to buy it. Compared to '賣點' in Cantonese, selling point can often extend to services and people, and can refer to personal attractiveness or uniqueness.
Usage: E.g. 以前佢地D selling point 係聽話忠誠 (Their selling point used to be that they were willing to listen and loyal to their customers.)
Synonym: 賣點
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3746011/page/2
Definition: (adj.) Often pronounced as 'up-day', this is a code-mixing term used to describe someone or something as being very trendy or up-to-date. However, it is also sometimes used as a verb like in native English.
Usage: E.g. 你部手機好update喎。(adj.) E.g. Update左個software未呀？(verb)
Synonym: 潮; 更新
Reference: https://www.inmediahk.net/中英夾雜
Definition: Originated from a limerick in the 1990's, this is a code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers to mock overeating by exaggerating that a person's buttocks will be as big as a pineapple.
Usage: E.g. One More Two More，屎忽大個菠蘿，菠蘿似粒的，好似朱古力，食咗會生跡，屙屎一滴滴，以後唔敢食。(One more, two more, your buttocks will be bigger than a pineapple; pineapples look like little pellets, very much like chocolate; if you eat too much, you'll grow some spots; then your poop will come out drop by drop, and you won't dare eat it anymore.)
Synonym: 再多一個、再多兩個
Definition: Often added with a 屎 (faeces), this is a code-mixing term that local Hong Kongers use to refer to short pieces of information written down on paper.
Usage: E.g. 阿仔，上堂記住drop低D note屎呀！
Synonym: 筆記
Reference: https://www.threads.net/@hongtonese/post/C8zlfwZytLZ
Definition: A code-mixing term used by Hong Kong actor 楊偉倫 to express his breadth of knowledge when the club is facing crisis in the movie of Night King.
Usage: E.g. 「我土地，學富五car，如果他朝有一日，你真的開鴨店的話，我赴湯蹈fire，做你頭牌！」(I'm Land, learned and knowledgeable like five cars. If one day you really open a male escort club, I'll brave any danger, go all out, and be your top male escort!)
Synonym: 學富五車
Reference: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/學富五車
Definition: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a situation of utter chaos and mess.
Usage: E.g. Do enough planning beforehand or your project will end up in a wok of congee!
Synonym: 一鑊粥
Definition: Known as 'JM tone', this is a code-mixing word that Hong Kong celebrity Janice Man use to refer to reserving someone, even though it is criticised as Fake ABC English due to a most likely wrong word usage.
Usage: E.g. 上天會deserve一個好好嘅人等緊我。(意思：reserve)
Reference: https://inews.hket.com/article/1522091/Janice%20Man英文教室%20%20教你練成JM%20Tone
Definition: (verb/adj.) A code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a less intense emotional state due to trivial matters.
Usage: E.g. 好Struggle買唔買ps5。 (Really struggling on whether to buy Playstation 5.) E.g. 我仲struggle緊今晚食D咩好。(I'm still struggling on what to eat tonight.)
Synonym: 掙扎
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3519800/page/1