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minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt’s a thing in the US for sure, though relatively recent (10-15 years?)
minus-squareCosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year 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-up0·1 year agoI had literally not heard this before until Hazbin
minus-squarecurbstickle@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIt is? I’ve heard “spill the beans”, but never “spill the tea”.
minus-squareDenvil@lemmy.onelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI haven’t heard it very frequently, but enough to know it
minus-squareatx_aquarian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoWe’re two of today’s ten thousand!
minus-squareThe Quuuuuill@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoIt comes from the drag community. The “tea” is short for “truth”
minus-squareBrekky@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-21 year agoIt started getting popular as drag slang on Ru Paul’s Drag Race
UK?
US
It’s a thing in the US for sure, though relatively recent (10-15 years?)
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
Also “dish”.
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
We’re two of today’s ten thousand!
It comes from the drag community. The “tea” is short for “truth”
UK here, no.
It started getting popular as drag slang on Ru Paul’s Drag Race