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minus-squareAnti_Iridium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoAnd doesn’t that imply that her offer for coffee was for sex?
minus-squaredingus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 months agoWait what?? I’ve not heard this one. Is it regional?
minus-squareayyy@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 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-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIt’s a thing in the US for sure, though relatively recent (10-15 years?)
minus-squareCosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 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-squareIheartcheese@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI had literally not heard this before until Hazbin
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoIt is? I’ve heard “spill the beans”, but never “spill the tea”.
minus-squareDenvil@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoI haven’t heard it very frequently, but enough to know it
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-24 months agoIt comes from the drag community. The “tea” is short for “truth”
minus-squareatx_aquarian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 months agoWe’re two of today’s ten thousand!
minus-squareBrekky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-24 months 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