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minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoAnd doesn’t that imply that her offer for coffee was for sex?
minus-squaredingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoWait what?? I’ve not heard this one. Is it regional?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years 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-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIt’s a thing in the US for sure, though relatively recent (10-15 years?)
minus-squareCosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years 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-up0·2 years agoI had literally not heard this before until Hazbin
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIt is? I’ve heard “spill the beans”, but never “spill the tea”.
minus-squareDenvil@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoI haven’t heard it very frequently, but enough to know it
minus-squareThe D Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoIt comes from the drag community. The “tea” is short for “truth”
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🌀 🇳 🇦 🇸 🇰 🇦 🇵 🇮@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoWe’re two of today’s ten thousand!
minus-squareBrekky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIt started getting popular as drag slang on Ru Paul’s Drag Race
Tea is slang for gossip
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)
UK?
It’s a thing in the US for sure, though relatively recent (10-15 years?)
US
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”.
I haven’t heard it very frequently, but enough to know it
It comes from the drag community. The “tea” is short for “truth”
We’re two of today’s ten thousand!
Also “dish”.
UK here, no.
It started getting popular as drag slang on Ru Paul’s Drag Race