protein spill n.— «Virginia Li Yuk Wing, 24, a college graduate in marketing who is working as a custodian at Disney-MGM Studios before moving to the Hong Kong park, learned the euphemism for the mess created by queasy visitors after an...
tai tai n.— «In the local parlance, Kwok is known as a tai tai—the non-working wife of a wealthy businessman.» —“Hong Kong lives in the lap of luxury” in Hong Kong Channel NewsAsia (Singapore) Nov. 29, 2004...
canto-pop n.— «Canto-pop refers to hits sung in Cantonese, the Chinese dialect that is widely spoken in Hong Kong.» —“Hong Kong Canto-pop singer Deep Ng charged with cocaine possession” in Hong Kong The...
tok cork v. to chat or talk idly. Also talk cork. Etymological Note: Perhaps from English talk (poppy)cock, v., ‘to talk nonsense.’ (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
talk cork v.— «“I never been to China.” “All the more you shouldn’t talk cork.”» —“Re: 7th Annivesary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre” by tershan@vol.net Usenet: soc.culture.hongkong June 15...
heatiness n. a characteristic of certain foods or stimulants said to cause emotional or physical reactions associated with temper, fever, passion, excess, or true heat. Editorial Note: From Chinese culture and medicine. (source: Double-Tongued...