verb🔥 Gen-Z slang

spill

to share the gossip

What it means

To share gossip, secrets, or the full story — usually paired as 'spill the tea.' When someone says 'spill,' they want all the juicy details right now.

Examples

  • Okay you have to spill, what happened on the date?
  • She finally spilled about why they broke up.
  • Spill the tea, I know something went down.
  • Don't leave us hanging, spill everything.

Where it comes from

From the idiom 'spill the beans,' merged with the slang 'tea' (gossip) from Black drag culture. The combined 'spill the tea' took off on Twitter and reality TV in the 2010s.

Related slang

#tea#receipts#shade

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