I guess when one isn't that familiar with the language in actual fact, and instead forms conclusions based on google-knowledge, then one can come to such fatuous conclusions that colloquialisms (what's a formal colloquialism?!) can't have an incorrect usage. It can become a correct usage through widespread use, but its an incorrect usage at present. If you say 'I have a wanker,' you've got it all wrong. Often times disregarded as beneficial due to its disbenefits, despite the plethora of advantageous properties it has. The derogatory term 'flat-chested' is considered synonymous to it.

Wanker, a colloquialism, means something. A-Cup The smallest measurement defining the size of one's chest size neither objectively better or worse than larger breasts. Of course it isn't silly, at least no more silly than that any utterance can have a correct usage. It's appropriate use is for that which it is commonly understood to refer, which is demonstrably for either tea or coffee. The idea that there are correct and incorrect usages for an informal colloquialism is silly. Again, no 'Coffee' in the name of the roast.Īlso, a little googling shows 'cuppa' to have widespread use in Australia in reference to either tea or coffee. And they have a roast called 'Cuppa City Roast'. pa k-p chiefly British : a cup of tea Example Sentences I could use a good cuppa.No 'Coffee' in the title, but that's their primary product. Once the latter was also applied to coffee, and 'cuppa coffee' emerged - which was probably inevitable, given the similarity of the beverages and the fact that both are commonly consumed through the Anglosphere - the use of 'cuppa' as a standalone to refer to coffee as well was also just a matter of time.

However, 'cuppa' in reference to tea obviously derived from the longer phrase 'cuppa tea', which obviously derived from 'cup of tea'. Noun Singular: cuppa Plural: cuppas Origin of Cuppa Short for cuppa tea alteration of cup of tea From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition Ellipsis with elision of cup of tea.

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