- A-cup is used as a measurement size, the smallest available within its category. As the smallest unit, used in this context it denotes weak, and perhaps even unimpressive.
A-cups
metonym;
A non-carbonated alcoholic beverage.
Etymology : Adding the A as a measurement term onto the word cup, is a pun on bra size but also cup in its literal sense.
Source : ‘Can we take shots? Flat drinks we call A-cups’ heard on the radio November 6th , a song called Lotus Flower Bomb by Wale.
Last modified: 2 December 2011