spilled the tea
Revealed the gossip
Spilled the tea means revealed gossip or shared juicy information, especially secrets that weren't meant to be told.
The phrase comes from drag culture and gained mainstream use through social media.
Tea here means gossip or inside information: She spilled the tea about why they really broke up.
Often shortened to spill or used as a noun: What's the tea?
- rumorUnconfirmed circulating story
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- conversationExchange of spoken ideas
- exposéInvestigative journalism piece
- slangInformal in-group vocabulary
excitement · shock · disclosure · meme · vernacular · no cap · real talk · betrayal · leak · idiom · tattling · guilt · whisper · loose lips · shade · trust · girl talk · embarrassment
disclosure of secrets/gossip
spilled the teakept quiet
bit one's tongue · clammed up · said nothing · buttoned up · stonewalled