Having ‘a cuppa’

[ConstantlyFuriosa]

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 do in general dislike shortenings, but don’t mind ‘spag bol’. It’s all subjective, though, isn’t it. Just weird, random aggravations.

Aaaah think it's time I go pop the kettle on and have a cuppa!

Thanks for the encouragement 😜

I associate it with the 'live laugh love' crowd.

Nothing will ever be worse than 'picky bits' 🤬

Except I’m as working class as they come. Maybe it’s internalised classism.

Makes sense he was RM for 25 years.

There are some hilarious youtube and facebook videos where people convince non-Brits that there is an actual national Tea Alarm and it's the law to rush to a cup of tea.

(I'm easily amused. Tea videos and cat videos for most of my social media diet).

Ooo. I used to be SW Wales (name is a hint) and we said paned!

I cannot stand it

God yes, I can't stand baby talk.

Cuppa
Biccies
Veggies
Roasties
Yorkies
Hubby
Drinkies
Kiddies

FFS just talk properly!

Hate it too.

I went to a cafe last week that sold you a sammich.

Only a very mild one. The volume of liquid in a cup of tea offsets the diuretic effect.

Where I'm from we say "do you fancy a fly cup". People have fly cups all through the day.

Caffeine is. Slightly. But there’s more liquid in a normal tea or coffee than the effect of the diuretic so it’s a net hydration gain. The only sort you can’t count is espresso.

Tea ☕

It's an old army word my grandad used to use.

Agree. Or "a cheeky" whatever.

'Mash'.
'Nibbles'

No.

Don’t get me started on ‘expresso’.

Why is cuppa a twee contraction? It’s just a contraction. No better or worse than isn’t or can’t or any of the others.
I do prefer paned/ad though!

Weird. Do you say cuppa tea/coffee or are you a pedant who says cup of?

Mind you, the word meal actually triggers me😂

Fizz and nibbles.

Can I also add elevenses to the list, my gran use to say it all the time!

But cuppa isn’t baby talk. It’s been used for over a century. It’s just slang. My grandmother used to say it which is why I do.

veggies is pretty common although we just say veg.

someone of the others are a bit silly - don’t know anyone who says ‘drinkies’ unless they are being a bit silly.

I don’t drink black tea. If I have coffee I say ‘cup of coffee’. If I have tea it’s usually green and ‘cuppa green’ doesn’t really seem to fit.