Tea or Spill the tea

“I've gotten so used to ‘spill the tea’ (or literally any variation—my personal favorite saying is "this tea is piping hot," depending on just how good the ‘tea’ is). But I'd say tea means a really good scoop or gossip that's genuinely interesting/shocking. And the more shocking the better (because no one like lukewarm tea),” says Associate Editor of News and Entertainment Nakeisha Campbell.