AIBU to find the word 'cuppa' REALLY IRRITATING?

[BlancheDuBois2]

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 for being such a twat. I should probably just go home and have some , shouldn't I?

I like tea but I can't stand people taking it on holiday! Have what the locals have and experience something different for the week.

Pinky, YABU. Starbucks do absolutely TERRIBLE tea and I bet it's even worse in America. I take teabags on holiday

Pinkie

Tubby DH had a hard time in the US (Vegas) due to tea troubles and TBF even in my anti-tea position I find this ludicrous - all drinks are free refills, if you ask for a cuppa cup of tea they bring you a normal cup of tea with teabag in bottom...but unlike the coffee, where the refill is, well coffee, they just pour hot water into the bottom of your tea cup, rather than tea, so it's as weak as piss. I thought he was going to cry 😂 May not be everywhere in US but it's everywhere we went to in Vegas

Abbreviations.

YABU. YANBU. DH.DS. All that rubbish. Just type a sentence.

It really gets my goat and I have to make a cuppa to calm down IYSWIM.

Shall I leave now?!

Disclaimer, I'm foreigner and therefore probably weird...

• "Kids" (it's a horrible word and doesn't sound right in a British accent)
• "Could care less" (makes NO SENSE!)
• "Afters", instead of pudding
• "I says" (I live in Scotland, hear this a lot)
• "Belly" (only for toddlers and pigs)

"Two and Moo" - What fresh hell is this?

Hate it too. I hate 'brew' more though.

I would definitely go NC other anyone who said "moo and two" to me.

Also irritating in response to asking if they want sugar "no I'm sweet enough"

To whoever mentioned Jamie O, he's responsible for some teethgrindingly irritating phrases that thankfully I've never heard anyone else ever use:

"Wazz it up"
"Herbage"
"Let's get some tarragon (or something) into the story"

No no no!

I am happy with brew, spag bol, toms, but NOT pots, cuppa or 'dry boak'. And what the hell is 'pure dead gallus'?

I also don't like Santa instead of Father Christmas or Firework Night for Guy Fawkes, Bonfire night is just about acceptable.

'Girly' anything, as in girly night out / night in / shopping trip.

Marks and Sparks annoys me too.

All the pretend witticisms that aren't witty.

Thankfully no one in my workplace says 'cuppa'.

Something I can not tolerate (but have never found anyone who gets it) is when people refer to their mum as just mum.
'Mum is coming over later' instead of
'My mum is coming over later'

Your mum is not the only bloody mum! Does anyone get that??

Bottle, my family do the opposite and say 'my mum' when talking to their siblings.

bottle I was going to post exactly the same. It drives me round the twist!

Blimey.

I though "cuppie" was pretty much an all over Scottish saying.

Apparently it's not!

I was brought up in Perth &Kinross but have relatives from Angus, Dundee and Fife and they all say it!

I don't though

I LOVE a good cuppa!!! What's the problem, I don't get it personally...

Has anyone mentioned "A cheeky X/Y/Z" yet?

Why is it "cheeky"??

Hate "hot choc".
Lots ofMNers put it in Christmas Eve hampers..another MN speciality.

Like Dylan yay! I knew it was irritating!

Heyrobot never heard that before, strange!

Ugh hate cuppa. Just sounds so wrong.

Don't mind brew though, that's not too bad.

I hate "brekkie" and "chrimbo". Also "yummy" and "girlies". But I do say "jammies"and had a "nana".

I'm in Scotland and never heard "cuppie" either.

The woman on the news just said "twenty oh one" instead of "two thousand and one"

If someone is offering to make me a cup of tea, frankly I'd be a twat to refuse just because they called it a cuppa.

Cuppa
Brew
Leccy
Veg
Hot choc
Breakkie

All make me feel sick.

Further to mum, my mum. We say 'our' - Our mam/mum, our Peter, our nana, our Lily etc.

I don't think 'our mum' is a problem at all. It implies that you are aware that lots of people have their own mum rather than those who say ' Mum is going to the shops' Who's Mum???