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Definition: A code-mixing phrase used by overseas educated Hong Kongers to describe something as more inferior in quality than another without saying it's of bad quality.
Usage: E.g. 我去過呢間bar。It's even worse!
Synonym: 更加差
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/3047481/page/1
Definition: 1. (noun) A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers love to use to refer to internet access. 2. (verb) A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use to refer to social networking.
Usage: E.g. 今日公司network有D問題，成日search野都好慢，仲間唔中會斷。 E.g. 最近有冇出去同人network？
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。
Definition: It is a slang used in casual, humorous contexts to describe the buttocks, often linked to the roundness of the full moon during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Usage: My first skateboard experience is i fell on my august 15th as soon as I stood on the board!
Synonym: 八月十五
Reference: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/32249/
Definition: This is a code-mixing term that Hong Kongers like to use instead of '跳過'.
Usage: E.g. 條題目好難。skip左先啦。
Synonym: 跳過
Reference: https://www.gotrip.hk/生活/中英夾雜-港式廣東話-gt12-772959/
Definition: (Jyutping) Ask for the reason of things happened
Usage: Dim gaai zeoi gan sing jat lok jyu? (點解最近成日落雨？） - Why it always rain recently?
Synonym: 點解, Why, 為什麼
Definition: A code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to sitting through a lecture without participating in it, which is usually used for those who don't belong to the class or course.
Usage: E.g. 同學：可以邀請我sit堂嗎？ E.g. 我見到嗰位先生成日要sit堂。係助教還是professor?
Definition: Derived from the noun ‘maintenance’, this is a code-mixing verb used to refer to carrying out maintenance work on something in order to keep it running without errors and issues.
Usage: E.g. D code寫簡短啲，main就容易做啲啦。(Write simpler code so you can carry out maintenance more easily.)
Synonym: Maintenance，維護
Reference: https://lihkg.com/thread/2545265/page/1
Definition: A code-mixing term that Hong Kongers use to refer to the total amount of something, such as for goods and services.
Usage: E.g. 呢到total幾多錢呀?
Synonym: 總共
Reference: http://www.cmi.hku.hk/Ref/Article/article02/01.html
Definition: (textspeak) A Kongish code-mixing term derived from '小心', meaning becareful.
Usage: E.g. This prof real is killer, u better siu sum.
Synonym: 小心
Reference: https://www.hk01.com/開罐/283411/大學生打字用火星文-10句港式英文拼音大挑戰-測試你識幾多