type
noun / verb
pronounced
/tea/
emerged
recent
status
mainstream

tea

   conspiratorial, fun

the one-line answer

Gossip or inside information. To spill the tea means to share it.

Tea is gossip. Spilling the tea means sharing the gossip. It comes from 'spill the T' (T for truth) in Black and drag communities. Now widely used for any insider information being shared.

mainstream

Your coworker might use this word.

01 / in the wild

hear it move.

inquiry
spill the tea, what actually happened at that party?
Tell me the gossip. What really went down?