To hate any phrase containing 'cuppa'?

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Come to mine for a 'cuppa'
Do you want a 'cuppa'
Have a 'cuppa'
While we have a 'cuppa'
Urgh

Probably unreasonable, but I just bloody hate it

I managed to spell 'indefinite' wrong when going Pedants' Corner on you anyway, so we're pretty much even stevens

The word partner annoys the shit out of me, especially when the emphasis is on the first 'a', so it's pronounced 'paaartnar'. I also hate nana for granny or grandma.

Oh ‘hesbeingsbitofadick’ you’ve got my dander well and truly up 😡 👍🏿☘️

@HairyMcLarie @Righthandcider

Also hate meal!

Dinner or lunch! No idea why?

OMG. I really thought that I was the only one who hated the word " hubby. ".To me it sounds like a word that a certain type of woman would have used in the 50s. I can't imagine that there is a man living today who would use the word " hubby " to describe himself.

I tut audibly unless you use the terms "luncheon" and "heated beverage"

I hate it too but me and 'DP' aren't married but have been together for 30 years.
Husband is wrong
Boyfriend sounds ridiculous
So it can only be partner
Any other euphemism 'other/better half' for example makes my skin crawl.

Agree with pp, I detest ‘partner’. Awful.
Am also finding this continual use of ‘reach out’ bloody annoying. Yes I could reach out to the Marketing director or I could just give them a ring… also hate ‘dinner’ instead of lunch, “You know what?” As a way of introducing even the most mundane statement. And “ you’ve got two choices”. You haven’t. You have a choice of two things. Cannot stand ‘snog’ or ‘snogging’.

@Cigarettesaftersex1 here in Nz the TV ads say 'Maccas'!
"The new disgusting burger... only at Maccas". Made me and 'DP' laugh when we first got here.

Also everything is bloody shortened with an 'o' on the end and even government departments use it in official letters!

We get an annual letter telling us our car 'rego' needs renewing!

A cigarette break is a 'smoko' and there's official signs in public spaces referring to it!

Our shower was blocked and we joked that there was probably a product called 'Draino' that we needed.

Sure enough...

What do you suggest I call my 'DP' when we aren't married, have been together for 30 years and are in our 50's?

I don’t suggest anything. I’m just sharing terms I don’t like, which I thought was the point of the chat, as people have different likes and dislikes.

Mumsnet is (quite rightly) not generally a fan of "hubby" so no way you would be the only one

Hubby I can deal with, hubs made my teeth itch. Wifey sends me into a rage.

I agree,I detest the word 'cuppa' for some reason. I also hate the words "brolly','spuds',and 'jab' for vaccination. Makes it sound painful! My late ex MiL used to call baked jacket potatoes 'jackets in their potatoes' for some reason. It used to infuriate me!

I agree. Washed down with makes me feel sick too.
I have visions of huge pints of liquid washing the food down into your stomach and swishing about 🤢

I have a buttock clench when people order the specific wording on menus. Instead of 'I'll have the mushroom pasta thanks' they go 'I'll have the rigatoni topped with lightly pan braised locally sourced mushrooms with the authentic Parmesan sauce and chefs special breadcrumb crust and a dusting of truffle with a hint of chimichurri thanks'

I had a boss who did this. And then he would always issue added instructions like, ‘lightly cooked, just mildly seasoned I think’ while handing back his menu.

He ended up in jail. Just saying.

That's literally what they're called isn't it?

I agree. Brew is just normal in the part of mcr I'm from. It's a bit rough round the edges so it does feel like it's taking the piss out of that. Sad really

Comefromaway · Yesterday 17:20
We use keks for underpants

My husband (from Ormskirk) calls these 'underkeks'. I did hear a TV chef once refer to his checked trousers as 'keks'. Great word anyway!

HairyMcLarie · Today 06:37
I have a buttock clench when people order the specific wording on menus. Instead of 'I'll have the mushroom pasta thanks' they go 'I'll have the rigatoni topped with lightly pan braised locally sourced mushrooms with the authentic Parmesan sauce and chefs special breadcrumb crust and a dusting of truffle with a hint of chimichurri thanks'

Yes - I know what you mean. But the whole pretentious nonsense of some menus is the problem here. Honestly - do they think they're Michel Blanc??

You get pubs (nothing wrong with honest pub food btw) where there's always something in 'a' wine sauce or 'a' pepper sauce - and again, it's the 'a' which makes me cringe. As if the chef has a huge repertoire of these sauces at his fingertips, when it's more likely in the real world that he's just opened a jar.

I read on Tripadvisor about a pub made popular as a result of Inspector Morse (they know they don't need to make much effort because people will come anyway) where a customer found a bit of a Lloyd Grossman jar label in their very pretentiously-described chicken dish!

Meh

Love your work!

We have a local company called Smelleez. Sells soaps and things

I clench every time I even see the name

Which is a shame because I like a nice soap

Do you ever start a thread, forget about it, and then come back via 'I'm on' and get angry at things you didn't even know were on your angry list?