when one tells an especially juicy bit of gossip

Who fucking knows anymore? First, it meant factual, and now it means fictional. What the fuck, internet... what the fuck?

"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.

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.

Gossiping, usually in school or online.

spilling tea is saying drama

This is when you spill some serious gossip about something serious or petty, you decide.