tea
nounInformal
A American English slang term. Browse all American slang.
What it means
Gossip; the inside story. Spill the tea is to share it; what's the tea is to ask for it.
In use
Okay, spill the tea, what happened?
That's the tea and I'm not saying more.
Where it comes from
Also from ballroom culture, where 'T' stood for truth. Its route into the mainstream ran through drag performance and then social media.