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minus-squareCosmonaut_Collinlink25•2 months agoSurprisingly it was pretty popular as slang about 10 years ago. I remember being in high school here in the US and hearing students say “here’s the tea” when they’re about to bring up gossip
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink20•2 months agoIt is? I’ve heard “spill the beans”, but never “spill the tea”.
minus-squareThe QuuuuuilllinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-22 months agoIt comes from the drag community. The “tea” is short for “truth”
minus-squareDenvillinkfedilink4•2 months agoI haven’t heard it very frequently, but enough to know it
minus-square@Brekkylink7•edit-22 months agoIt started getting popular as drag slang on Ru Paul’s Drag Race
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink5•2 months agoIt’s a thing in the US for sure, though relatively recent (10-15 years?)
minus-square@Anti_Iridiumlink18•2 months agoAnd doesn’t that imply that her offer for coffee was for sex?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•2 months agoI know it sounds silly now but this was really an actual big thing discussed in the mainstream for a hot second. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Coffee_(minigame)
minus-square@wazlink1•2 months agoOh I thought it was going to be a reference to Eddie Izzard’s joke in Dress to Kill.
minus-square@Anti_Iridiumlink1•2 months agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Coffee_(minigame) I don’t know, I remembered it as coffee when I learned about it.
Tea is slang for gossip
UK?
Surprisingly it was pretty popular as slang about 10 years ago. I remember being in high school here in the US and hearing students say “here’s the tea” when they’re about to bring up gossip
I had literally not heard this before until Hazbin
“spill the tea” is a known idiom.
It is?
I’ve heard “spill the beans”, but never “spill the tea”.
We’re two of today’s ten thousand!
It comes from the drag community. The “tea” is short for “truth”
I haven’t heard it very frequently, but enough to know it
Also “dish”.
UK here, no.
It started getting popular as drag slang on Ru Paul’s Drag Race
It’s a thing in the US for sure, though relatively recent (10-15 years?)
US
And doesn’t that imply that her offer for coffee was for sex?
Don’t mind if I do.
Wait what?? I’ve not heard this one. Is it regional?
I know it sounds silly now but this was really an actual big thing discussed in the mainstream for a hot second. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Coffee_(minigame)
Oh I thought it was going to be a reference to Eddie Izzard’s joke in Dress to Kill.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Coffee_(minigame) I don’t know, I remembered it as coffee when I learned about it.