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minus-squareCosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down1·13 days 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-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up21·13 days agoI had literally not heard this before until Hazbin
minus-squareMaalus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down3·13 days ago“spill the tea” is a known idiom.
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·13 days agoIt is? I’ve heard “spill the beans”, but never “spill the tea”.
minus-squareatx_aquarian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·13 days agoWe’re two of today’s ten thousand!
minus-squareDenvil@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·13 days agoI haven’t heard it very frequently, but enough to know it
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-212 days agoIt comes from the drag community. The “tea” is short for “truth”
minus-squareBrekky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-213 days agoIt started getting popular as drag slang on Ru Paul’s Drag Race
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up5·13 days agoIt’s a thing in the US for sure, though relatively recent (10-15 years?)
minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·13 days agoAnd doesn’t that imply that her offer for coffee was for sex?
minus-squaredingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·12 days agoWait what?? I’ve not heard this one. Is it regional?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·12 days 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-squarewaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agoOh I thought it was going to be a reference to Eddie Izzard’s joke in Dress to Kill.
minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·12 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hot_Coffee_(minigame) I don’t know, I remembered it as coffee when I learned about it.
I don’t get 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!
I haven’t heard it very frequently, but enough to know it
It comes from the drag community. The “tea” is short for “truth”
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.