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定義: A code-mixing term that a "Jayden Mami" likes to use to refer more specifically to a person's habit in keeping clean, rather than the broader sense of cleanliness and sanitary conditions that the Cantonese equivalent term "衛生" denotes.
用法: E.g. Jayden，你攞人啲嘢食之前有冇做好hygiene呀？(Jayden, did you have good hygiene before grabbing somebody else's food?)
同義詞: 衛生
參考: https://topick.hket.com/article/4112744/Jayden之亂｜KOL拍片諷刺「Jayden媽」偽ABC育兒法%E3%80%80揭爆紅現象時間線-港媽式教仔金句
定義: With 'I' for introvert and 'E' for extrovert, this is a code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers who are very knowledgeable or obsessed about the MIBT (Myerrs Briggs type indicator) or the 16 personalities test.
用法: E.g. A: 你係I人定E人？B: 我唔係好知，有可能係雙面E人。(A: Are you an introvert or extrovert? B: I don't know. Maybe I am a two-faced extrovert.)
同義詞: Introvert, extrovert
參考: https://resources.ctgoodjobs.hk/article/37733/mbti-i人同e人區別-10種情境解析-一秒分辨你係-i人定e人
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by the K-pop singer Jackson Wang (王嘉爾) when he has nothing to say. Even though he was born in Hong Kong, it is often said that he has real American Born Chinese vibe, due to his strong knowledge of English filler terms while speaking in Cantonese.
用法: E.g. 我從運動員到練習生到出道，去海外，我自己覺得我係捱到既。但係有時呢D咁既野真係hit到我，我真係...i don't know. (From being an athlete to a trainee to debut then overseas, I always thought I could endure. But when there were things that hit me sometimes, I really just... I don't know.)
同義詞: 我唔知
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7-73ZG8G2s
定義: A code-mixing phrase used by native Hong Kongers in the 1990's in a schoolyard joke rhyme with absurd religious crossover.
用法: E.g. I don't know，食鬆糕，食完鬆糕變耶穌，耶穌教我念聖經，我教耶穌念佛經，耶穌話我唔正經，我話耶穌發神經。(I don't know, I'll eat sponge cake; after eating it, I'll turn into Jesus. Jesus teaches me to recite the Bible, and I teach Jesus to recite Buddhist sutras. Jesus says I'm not being serious, and I tell Jesus he's gone mad.)
同義詞: 我唔知
參考: https://www.hk01.com/article/830396?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=01appshare
定義: A Kongish code-mixing phrase used by local Hong Kong students to refer to having no time for activities such as dinner or party, which doesn't necessarily mean they have no more time left in their lives such as due to a terminal illness.
用法: E.g. A: Do you want to join the party tonight? B: I have no time.
同義詞: 我冇時間
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj7SHv4Jhw4
定義: A tag-switching phrase often used by Native Hong Kongers for clarifying on matters. However, it can sometimes be overused by Fake ABC's to strike a western impression on others.
用法: E.g. 份project未搞掂呀。I mean，我岩岩做完要check吓先。 E.g. 港女：你應該食少D野。I mean，你應該減吓肥至岩。 E.g. 香港人：你講咩話？偽ABC：I mean，well... I mean，我覺得你身材唔係好fit囉I mean。
參考: https://www.academia.edu/8666953/Common_usage_of_code-mixing_among_trilingual_Hong_Kongers
定義: A code-mixing term used by local Hong Kong students when they want to avoid sounding too unrealistic when giving an example to illustrate a point.
用法: E.g. Imagine 你嘅英文好差,但係入咗英文中學,考試嗰陣第一步係要將全部唔識嘅英文轉做中文睇 (Imagine your English were very poor, but you entered an English secondary school. Then you had to read all the English like you read Chinese during the exams.)
同義詞: 幻想
定義: A code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to describe people who are really just minding their own business but not necessarily alone or single.
用法: E.g. 呢間bar啲人點呀？係唔係個個都好individual咁樣呀？ (How are the people in this bar? Are they all really just minding their own business?)
同義詞: 單獨
參考: https://www.threads.com/@matthew_lam1116/post/DAcSyqdScem?hl=zh-hk
定義: A code-mixing term used by overseas educated Hong Kongers when they want to ask for a deeper analytical understanding of something.
用法: E.g. 你睇完本書有咩insight? (What insights do you have after reading the book?)
同義詞: 見解; 睇法
參考: https://www.lib.eduhk.hk/pure-data/pub/202301935/202301935_1.pdf
定義: A Kongish code-mixing term that local Hong Kong students use to refer to treating someone a meal, such as lunch or dinner.
用法: E.g. Can you invite you to dinner today?
同義詞: 請
參考: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkP4AAqaKTk