verb🔥 Gen-Z slang
spill
to share the gossip
What it means
To "spill" (or "spill the tea") is Gen-Z slang for sharing gossip, secrets, or the full story. When someone says "spill," they want all the juicy details right now — every twist, every receipt.
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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.
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