What is a Tea-mergency?

Tea-mer-gen-cy [noun]

  1. An unexpected and unfortunate occurrence, whilst not life-threatening, still a right pain e.g. a major spill on your new suit, a lost wallet, mobile phone etc.
  2. A state of need, especially for help or relief created by some unforeseen event (see def 1) where a soothing cup of tea seems a good idea.
  3. An event calling for the immediate dispersal of tea, possibly sympathy and certainly a biscuit.

Why do Brits reach for a cuppa in a crisis?

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Tea-mergency tweets

We need your tips for coping with teamergencies! Compiling a guide tackling different topics. What should we cover? Break-ups? Technology? on 12/11/09

RT @andrewcritchett: http://bit.ly/qnRMB - @IdleSi @teamergency >> we love that here at teamergency towers! on 3/11/09

@thetearooms #teamergency? on 29/10/09

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