Page 16 | Having ‘a cuppa’

ForCosyLion · 19/04/2026 12:13

ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 12:10

It just gets on my tits.

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Well, maybe your tits are too sensitive! 🤣 Highly recommend Voltarol crem for that!

Auburndi · 19/04/2026 12:13

ForCosyLion · 19/04/2026 12:05

I used to love having a morning cuppa with The Hubster in my pjs of a Sunday. We would plan our holibobs and before I knew it, it was midday and I hadn't done my barnet or put my face on! Picky bits for lunch and then a bit of how's your father followed by forty winks. By that time, we needed to put the kettle on again for another cuppa chah!

Don’t forget the prezzy (or pressy, even worse) you gave him.

PhaedraTwo · 19/04/2026 12:13

SadBoys · 19/04/2026 12:09

I say ‘cup of tea’. Not from the UK, though, and not at all formal in my speech..

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I say cup of tea. I'm from the UK.

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ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 12:13

inickedthisname · 19/04/2026 12:12

I get that it gets on your tits. I was asking what the reason is - is it because it’s twee or because it’s incorrect?

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It’s twee. A cuppa twee, if you like.

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FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · 19/04/2026 12:13

olivepicanto · 19/04/2026 11:42

One of the reasons I spend less time on Mn as I used to is the creeping in of twee words, used unironically. Like hubby. Picky bits. Mama bear. 🤮

Yeah. It puts me off too.

hoardingwealth · 19/04/2026 12:13

ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 10:49

Why does this sentence infuriate me so? I already know I’m probably being unreasonable but it’s so grating. I can’t be the only one?

I thought I was the only person that HATED this phrase. See also, "biccie"

😡

3GoldenLamps · 19/04/2026 12:12

On this topic - I am not English and I detest 'spends' and 'bloods'.

HelpMeGetThrough · 19/04/2026 12:12

Cuppa
Brew
Hubby
Holibobs
Sainsbos
Picky Tea
Chippy Tea
Sarnie

Wankey words!!

Mumteedum · 19/04/2026 12:12

Frugalgal · 19/04/2026 11:48

Nothing will ever be worse than 'picky bits' 🤬

Agree. Gross.

VeraWang · 19/04/2026 12:12

ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 12:07

Yebbut! The top pastry is usually quite hard so all that pie-y goodness sorts that out.

I do apologise profusely for saying ‘Yebbut’.

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Yebbut....yebbut...nobut 🤣

I like my pastry wellard.

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inickedthisname · 19/04/2026 12:12

ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 12:10

It just gets on my tits.

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I get that it gets on your tits. I was asking what the reason is - is it because it’s twee or because it’s incorrect?

Mumteedum · 19/04/2026 12:12

I am a fan of the band Panic Shack. They use both cuppa and sarnie in their lyrics. I love it

When I lived in Scotland it was pieces or sangwich.

Not a fan of gen Z slang words but we all have our little ways I guess!

Draw the line at holibobs.

ForCosyLion · 19/04/2026 12:11

ClaraThePigeon · 19/04/2026 11:29

I hate it but “brew” is even worse.

But tea IS a brew! It's literally brewed.

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ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 12:10

inickedthisname · 19/04/2026 12:07

I’m intrigued by the fact you think “cup of splosh” is acceptable, when “cuppa” is infuriating.

I’m also not sure what you’re saying the problem is - that it’s twee and childish like “holibobs”? (Splosh??) or incorrect English because you say “cup of” splosh??

It just gets on my tits.

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PhaedraTwo · 19/04/2026 12:10

LassiKopiano24 · 19/04/2026 11:45

It’s not as bad as “naice”

Oh I hate that.

SerendipityJane · 19/04/2026 12:10

ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 10:53

And the constant need to put the kettle on!

There are some quarters of this site who might ask why do you hate Britain ?

Cuppa and kettles are a British superpower. In fact I'm surprised there isn't a Betjeman poem about them.

(😀just in case )

PistachioTiramisu · 19/04/2026 12:09

Decacaffeinatednow · 19/04/2026 11:02

Chippy tea bugs me intensely.

Or even worse 'picky tea'. Aaarghhh

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ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 12:09

ForCosyLion · 19/04/2026 12:05

I used to love having a morning cuppa with The Hubster in my pjs of a Sunday. We would plan our holibobs and before I knew it, it was midday and I hadn't done my barnet or put my face on! Picky bits for lunch and then a bit of how's your father followed by forty winks. By that time, we needed to put the kettle on again for another cuppa chah!

I love ‘barnet’. I’m not a complete wanker.

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SadBoys · 19/04/2026 12:09

BananaPeels · 19/04/2026 12:07

Exactly. No one has said if they don’t use the word cuppa - what do they say?

id find it very weird if i walked into my living room and said ‘would anyone like a cup of tea’ in very posh Queens English. I just normally walk in and say cuppa anyone?

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I say ‘cup of tea’. Not from the UK, though, and not at all formal in my speech..

Lifeomars · 19/04/2026 12:08

VickyEadieofThigh · 19/04/2026 11:05

No, I disagree - "hubby" is much worse.

And as for "hubster"...

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don't forget "hubs"🤑

hitandmist · 19/04/2026 12:08

I cannot stand this. It just gives me the rage for no reason 😂

BananaPeels · 19/04/2026 12:07

BunnyLake · 19/04/2026 12:03

I think it’s fine. I often text friends with a ‘fancy a cuppa at mine?’. If they have a problem with it they haven’t ever voiced it. If they did I would change it to ‘you are cordially invited to take part in a tea ceremony at the Bunny residence’.

Exactly. No one has said if they don’t use the word cuppa - what do they say?

id find it very weird if i walked into my living room and said ‘would anyone like a cup of tea’ in very posh Queens English. I just normally walk in and say cuppa anyone?

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ConstantlyFuriosa · 19/04/2026 12:07

VeraWang · 19/04/2026 12:05

My DH has always eaten his pies like this - the heathen.

I hate it because it makes the top pastry soggy.

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Yebbut! The top pastry is usually quite hard so all that pie-y goodness sorts that out.

I do apologise profusely for saying ‘Yebbut’.

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inickedthisname · 19/04/2026 12:07

I’m intrigued by the fact you think “cup of splosh” is acceptable, when “cuppa” is infuriating.

I’m also not sure what you’re saying the problem is - that it’s twee and childish like “holibobs”? (Splosh??) or incorrect English because you say “cup of” splosh??

Thepeopleversuswork · 19/04/2026 12:06

I agree, it's really twee and folksy.

Particularly because you don't hear people say it much in real life, it's a phrase which appears mainly on TV, in magazine and in public service announcements: it has the ring of something people think people say/do, as opposed to something they actually do.

Can't get excited about a "brew". North of the Watford Gap people say it all the time.