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定義: Known as Kongish, this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to an incompetent person of low status. It is the first part of the allegorical saying '未夠斤兩‘, which means the person is not qualified. Since 2 + 6 taels = half catty, it means the person is not much in catty and taels.
用法: E.g. You two beat six should not be part of our group!同義詞: 二打六參考: https://www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk/dictionary/words/41660/
定義: A code-mixing term used by working class Hong Kongers to refer to a job position that covers almost all the duties that an entire department has.
用法: E.g. 我份工係one man band，所以都幾忙架。同義詞: 一腳踢參考: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/一腳踢
定義: Pronounced as 'fan-see' with a rising intonation on the second syllable, this is a code-mixing term that native Hong Kongers use to refer to admirers of a person, such as a celebrity. Sometimes, the transliteration of the word '粉絲' is used instead.
用法: E.g. 我係你既忠心fans黎架。同我影張相好嗎？同義詞: 粉絲
定義: (textspeak) Derived from '狗噏' meaning 'dog uttering', this is a Kongish code-mixing term that refers to talking non-sense, like bullsh*t. It is also often pronounced as '鳩噏' as a vulgar expression.
用法: E.g. Stop 9up and bragging about your achievements all the time! (唔好成日喺到鳩噏車大炮啦!)同義詞: 狗噏, 鳩噏參考: https://evchk.fandom.com/zh/wiki/9up
定義: Often used as '搞爛gag', this is a code-mixing term used by native Hong Kongers to refer to a lame joke or broken joke.
用法: E.g. 你唔好成日喺到搞爛gag啦！一Ｄ都唔好笑！參考: https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/爛Gag
定義: A code-mixing term that working class Hong Kongers have unconsciously adopted to refer to a workplace because they have used Microsoft Office a bit too much growing up for doing homework and assignments.
用法: E.g. 聽日要返office？唔係打八號風球咩？！(We need to go to office tomorrow? Isn't it gonna be typhoon 8?!)同義詞: 辦公室參考: https://www.jobmarket.com.hk/m/Bastille/返Shift網民大呻轉返Office工仲辛苦：朝九晚六先係真地獄？
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