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AIBU to find the word 'cuppa' REALLY IRRITATING?

516 replies

BlancheDuBois2 · 24/10/2016 17:49

Ok, so I'm definitely overreacting here, but whenever anyone asks me if I want a 'cuppa' I cringe inside. What's wrong with using real words? Like tea? Or Coffee? Or cup of?

I'm aware that people as grumpy as this don't usually get asked if they'd like a drink of any description, so I should count myself lucky that some people in my office still like me - but everytime anyone utters the word, I want to wince.

I don't know what hideous childhood 'cuppa' experience has scarred me to this extent - but am I alone? Does anyone else want to cause harm to a colleague when they're just being perfectly friendly and offering to make me a tea/coffee.

Having re read this, I almost want to award myself a Biscuit for being such a twat. I should probably just go home and have some Wine, shouldn't I?

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LightTheLampNotTheRat · 24/10/2016 17:50

You're not alone - I hate it too. Don't know why. Possibly because my mother says it all the time and I'm not fond of her.

DubiousCredentials · 24/10/2016 17:51

YANBU.

OutOfBlueComesGreen · 24/10/2016 17:51

No I can't stand cuppa either. And, controversially, brew.

Amelie10 · 24/10/2016 17:52

Yanbu, it makes the person sound a bit dumb.

SirChenjin · 24/10/2016 17:53

YANBU

One of my friends who is ultra cool in every other way says cuppa and I have to fight the urge to flick her forehead.

TathitiPete · 24/10/2016 17:54

Ah I love Mumsnet Grin In just one day I've learned that the words 'hubby' and 'cuppa' give people the rage along with 'hun' and 'lol'. What a time to be alive!

simbobs · 24/10/2016 17:55

Yuck! Hate it, too, and I want a mug, actually.

WorraLiberty · 24/10/2016 17:56

You'd never survive working with me.

I refer to tea as a 'cuppa splosh' Grin

sonlypuppyfat · 24/10/2016 17:56

Oh have a cuppa and a dippy bicky and calm down babes

SantasLittleMonkeyButler · 24/10/2016 17:56

YANBU. It's slightly preferable to "brew" however.

TinnedChickenSoupCunt · 24/10/2016 17:56

YANBU

miniplaty · 24/10/2016 17:57

I don't like cuppa either, sounds a bit common but there are worse things in life

Sallystyle · 24/10/2016 17:57

Hate it.

Brew is even worse.

BlancheDuBois2 · 24/10/2016 17:57

Ha ha TathitiPete

Hubby should be banned. So should hun. I've never met a person I respected that used those words. In my experience, they're the sort of words only used by sanctimonious twats.

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TinnedChickenSoupCunt · 24/10/2016 17:57

Oh and "two and moo" instead of two sugars & milk, that irritates me as well.

SpaceUnicorn · 24/10/2016 17:58

YANBU. If someone offers you a glass of wine they don't ask if you want a 'glassy' or some equally ludicrous contraction.

BlancheDuBois2 · 24/10/2016 18:00

Even I think I've gone too far there - lots of perfectly nice people in my office use hun. Just cause it drives me mad, doesn't mean they're inheritently bad people. I am now awarding myself two Biscuit Biscuit for being a sanctiminious twat...

The irony.

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arahia · 24/10/2016 18:02

YANBU. See also: lippy and leccy.

DontTouchTheMoustache · 24/10/2016 18:03

What have people got against "brew". I'm from Lancashire and live in Yorkshire now and I don't think I've ever heard it referred to as a thing else here. Say what you want about cuppa but leave brew out of it.

EllsTeeth · 24/10/2016 18:03

I used to hate "cuppa" too until someone I had a crush on used it. Now I think it's cute (like himWink). "Brew" however is unforgivable. And "shampoo" instead of champagne gives me the serious rage.

Costacoffeeplease · 24/10/2016 18:05

Yep cuppa, hubby, brew. Yuk

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DontTouchTheMoustache · 24/10/2016 18:05

Brew brew brew brew. I'm staging a one woman rebellion standing up for the word brew. Genuinely wondering of that is a location thing as it is incredibly commonplace up here...

EllsTeeth · 24/10/2016 18:06

The only person I've known who says brew is from Lancashire

IrenetheQuaint · 24/10/2016 18:06

YANBU, it's a strangely loathsome expressions.

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