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定義: Derived from the internet slang 'laugh out loud'. this is a cliche code-mixing term that has grown out of the textspeak medium into human speech. As opposed to 'lol' being such an overused term on the internet where the meaning is often not that literal, the term is used by westernised Hong Kongers to really mean laugh out loud.
用法: E.g. 睇完套戲真係lol左。(I really laughed out loud after watching the movie!)同義詞: 大聲笑, 撈
定義: A code-mixing term used by local and overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to testify a person's knowledge or believe that the other person can be more eloquent in expressing their ideas.
用法: E.g. 唔好意思。我唔明你講咩喎。你可以elaborate一吓嗎？(I’m sorry. But I don’t understand what you are talking about. Can you elaborate?)同義詞: 詳細說明
定義: An Englishised code-mixing phrase that refers to someone who disappeared for a long time and no one knows where they went.
用法: E.g. I will be blacklisting this guy who promised to attend the conference but went scuba diving!同義詞: 潛水
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase that working class Hong Kongers use to describe a business structure that scams people and is prone to collapse or failure, as 'chicken' (雞) in Cantonese can also be used to describe something cheap or weak.
用法: E.g. This company has people coming to work and leaving the job all the time! Such build chicken shed!同義詞: 搭雞棚參考: https://ukdodgy.com/2024/04/06/scam
定義: Often transliterated and pronounced as the loan phrase '肥佬' meaning 'fat guy', this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe getting an unsuccessful result when doing something. Sometimes, it can be shortened to '肥' (fat) as a verb.
用法: E.g. 哎呀！今次考試肥左佬！
E.g. 唔係掛？考咁多次都肥？！同義詞: 肥佬參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/16296/
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