spilling tea
Revealing juicy information
Spilling tea means sharing gossip or revealing secrets, especially juicy or scandalous information about others.
The phrase comes from drag culture and Black gay communities before spreading widely through social media.
Tea here means truth or gossip—information worth sharing: She started spilling tea about what really happened at the party.
To spill the tea is to dish; to sip tea is to listen with interest.
- gossipInformal talk spreading rumors
- scandalDisgraceful public affair
- secretsConcealed information
- behind closed doorsIn private, unobserved
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
hot goss · revealing · hot · cups · saucers · mess · puddle · tabloid · reality TV · talk show · social media · juicy · steaming · porcelain · clumsy · stain · whispers · rumors
information disclosure
spilling teakeeping secrets
keeping mum · buttoning up · keeping quiet · saying nothing · playing dumb