when one tells an especially juicy bit of gossip

To share gossip. A term started within the gay community of San Antonio, Texas and spread originally throughout the South Central region of the United States. Now used throughout the gay communities in United States and possibly other countries. It comes from the idea of having old Southern tea parties in the South to gossip behind people's back.

"T" has also always stood for the word "Truth" in drag culture. So to spill the tea or T . . . is to tell the truth about something juicy. This was popularized by the drag queen Lady Chablis in "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, who also considered herself transgendered.

A term started in San Antonio, Texas in the very early 1990's in the Urban Gay community. To spill the tea is to gossip. The term comes from the custom in the South of women who gather in the afternoon to drink tea and gossip.

Going on about drama or a recent event