My 16 year old cousin called some drama 'tea' and I had to ask what it meant

Last week at a family bbq in Chicago she kept saying 'spill the tea' and I thought she was talking about actual iced tea. Tbh I been hearing this word everywhere now, is 'tea' just the new way to say gossip or am I still missing something?

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diana2020d ago

omg same here lol I had to look it up too after my niece kept saying "spill the tea" and I was like wait are we having iced tea or what?? turns out it's just gossip with a fancy name.

maryt6219d ago

I just started looking up slang on Urban Dictionary before family gatherings. My nephew threw out "no cap" at dinner and I thought he was talking about hats. Now I keep a mental list, like "tea" is gossip, "cap" is a lie, "slay" means you did great. It made things way less awkward. Plus now I can mess with them by using the words wrong on purpose, they hate that.

terry_jones20d ago

My 8 year old called me 'sus' last week and I thought she was talking about a pig.