鯨大

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Chinese

whale Short for 大學大学.
trad. (鯨大)
simp. (鲸大)

Etymology

From the joke 鯨魚唔係鲸鱼唔系 (king4 jyu4 m4 hai6 jyu4-2 aa4, Aren't whales are kind of fish?) (whales are actually mammals)

The Metropolitan University was previously known as the Open University of Hong Kong which focused on distance learning and is therefore stereotypically thought to be inferior and not a “true” university.

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鯨大

  1. (Hong Kong, chiefly Internet slang, informal) Hong Kong Metropolitan University