when one tells an especially juicy bit of gossip

A buzz word being used to refer to creators and influencers forming or encouraging unhealthy relationships with their fans. Usually used in the context of young audiences feeling they have a relationship with the influencer due to the huge amount of the influencer’s content they consume. The influencer in question, however, is unaware of the fan’s existence other than the general knowledge of having fans. Common examples include Dream and his stans. These relationships are exacerbated by the influencers confirming they have more than a creator-to-viewer relationship.

The word is circulating due to various YouTube essays about the phenomenon using the word, and therefore people who enjoy complaining about influencers repeating what they heard in the video in any comments section they can find.

"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.

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

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.