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[Noun] | "tea" | \ ˈtē \
1: a widely cultivated shrub (Camellia sinensis of the family Theaceae, the tea family) native to China, northern India, and southeastern Asia and having glossy green leaves and fragrant white flowers
2: the leaves, leaf buds, and internodes of the tea plant prepared for use in beverages usually by immediate curing by heat or by such curing following a period of fermentation
3: an aromatic beverage prepared from tea leaves by soaking them in boiling water
Origin: 1655 ;
Borrowed from Chinese (Xiamen) dé;
* Note : The use of the word tea to mean "inside information" presumably plays on an association of tea drinking with the exchange of gossip. Early use in this sense also see:ms to allude to tea leaves as a means to tell fortunes: "Over the past two weeks I've promised to spill the tea leaves about the Capital Cuppa competition in which readers of this newspaper play a crucial role" (ad in the Marylebone Mercury and other London newspapers, May 7, 1987); "Former White House chief of staff Donald Regan is going to spill the tea leaves about the Reagans' so-called superstitions in his book, due out in a couple of weeks" (Palm Beach Post, May 5, 1988, p. 49). Tea meaning "gossip" (without spilling or leaves) is an integral part of the lexicon of gay Harlem, documented by William Hawkeswood in One of the Children: Gay Black Men in Harlem (University of California Press, 1996; the author completed the text before his death in 1992). It has been suggested that the origin of tea as "gossip" might lie not in the literal meaning, but rather its adaptation as a spelled form of the letter T. The drag queen who went by the name The Lady Chablis used "my T" to refer to—as she put it in one source—"my thing, my business, what's goin' on in my life" and in another "my T, my Truth." The Lady Chablis is quoted extensively in John Berendt's "non-fiction novel" Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (New York, 1994), and spoke for herself in her autobiography Hiding My Candy: The Autobiography of the Grand Empress of Savannah (New York, 1996). As she explained in "The Lady Chablis Lexicon" at the end of the autobiography, "to know my T, to tell my T" is equivalent to "knowing where my candy's hidden; knowing that I even have candy," i.e., knowing that she is transgender and was born with male sex organs. The lexicon also lists "pour the tea," glossed as to "Tell The Doll the truth, or dish the dirt!", but the fact that she treated this as a distinct usage would lead one to believe that tea in this sense is not identical with her own use of T. If Chablis's is actually dependent on tea, it is, in any case, after-the-fact word play on an existing meaning and cannot be claimed as the origin of the "gossip" sense.;
(1) - { black tea } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "black tea"
1: tea that is dark in color from complete oxidation of the leaf before firing
Origin: 1706 ;
(1) - { cambric tea } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "cambric tea"
1: a hot drink of water, milk, sugar, and often a small amount of tea
Origin: 1859 ;
(1) - { green tea } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "green tea"
1: tea that is light in color and made from leaves that have not been oxidized before drying
Origin: 1704 ;
(1) - { high tea } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "high tea"
1: a fairly substantial late afternoon or early evening meal at which tea is served
Origin: 1831 ;
(1) - { Labrador tea } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "Labrador tea"
1: a low-growing ericaceous evergreen shrub (Ledum groenlandicum) chiefly of northern North America with white or creamy bell-shaped flowers and leaves sometimes used in making tea; also : a related shrub (L. glandulosum) of western North America
Origin: 1767 ;
(1) - { Mormon tea } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "Mormon tea"
1: any of various ephedras of the arid southwestern U.S. having jointed stems used especially formerly to make a tea
Origin: 1910 ;
(1) - { New Jersey tea } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
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[Noun] | "New Jer*sey tea" | \ nü-ˈjər-zē- \
1: a low deciduous shrub (Ceanothus americanus) of the buckthorn family that is found in the eastern U.S. and has dull green leaves and small white flowers borne in large terminal panicles
Origin: 1759 ;
New Jersey, state of U.S.; from the use of its leaves as a substitute for tea during the American Revolution;
(1) - { Oswego tea } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
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[Noun] | "Os*we*go tea" | \ ä-ˈswē-gō- \
1: a North American mint (Monarda didyma) with showy scarlet irregular flowers
Origin: 1747 ;
Oswego River, N. Y.;
(2) - { red tea } : ( ✔ )Innoffensive?
[Noun] | "red tea"
1: rooibos
2: black tea
Origin: 1848 ;
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# 1 - { teas:13213107 }
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[ "teas" ]
1: A word used to describe an object or event that reminds them of another object or event.
* e.g., ... “Girls is my sons, I'm givin' them milf teas”
-Nicki Minaj
# 2 - { Tea tea tea tea tea tea tea tea tea:13697333 }
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[ "Tea tea tea tea tea tea tea tea tea" ]
1: The theme song to friends but the beat is replaced with tea
* e.g., ... Tea tea tea tea tea tea tea tea tea
# 3 - { tea or tea:14089617 }
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[ "tea or tea" ]
1: An intense game of truth or truth typically played with someone you are romantically or sexually interesting in to find certain information about them
* e.g., ... Donald: hey that chick is hot I’m gonna ask her to play tea or tea and get to know her better
Raj: okay fucker, good luck with that
# 4 - { The tea:11068592 }
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[ "The tea" ]
1: Basically exclusive drama or something about a specific person that a few people know of.
* e.g., ... “hey girl let me give you the tea"
# 5 - { tea:13078926 }
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[ "tea" ]
1: the best kind of gossip, typically shared between friends. it’s a bonding tool for people of all ages. tea is usually about someone you know, but can also extend to celebrities random internet scandals, etc.
* e.g., ... ugh I’ve missed so much what’s the tea sis?
I heard some tea about Saturday night!
what’s the tea with them are they a couple?
# 6 - { tea:261877 }
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[ "tea" ]
1: gossip or personal information belonging to someone else; the scoop; news
* e.g., ... Spill the tea about what happened at the club.
# 7 - { That's the tea:8284108 }
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[ "That's the tea" ]
1: That's the gossip. The deal. The current news. The latest.
* e.g., ... She broke up with him because he cheated on her! That's the tea!
Have you heard the tea? Joe was fired, Jim was suspended and Patty quit! That's the tea!
# 8 - { Tea:5059615 }
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[ "Tea" ]
1: Used within the urban gay community, "tea" signifies a piece of sensitive and possibly highly sought-after information or tidbit.
* e.g., ... Michael: Did you hear the tea about our Judy Dante?
Cornelius: Nah gurra, what's the tea?
Michael: The tea is that she dropped out of school to do bareback porn.
Cornelius: Bitch duh! That ain't no tea. That's just some water with a lemon in it.
# 9 - { the Tea:13614566 }
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[ "the Tea" ]
1: referred to as spilling the tea which means give me the information
* e.g., ... referred to as spilling the tea which means give me the information
[ "the Tea" ]
2: Gabby: spill the tea sis now!
* e.g., ... Gabby: spill the tea sis now!
[ "the Tea" ]
3: Jake: k gurl i heard that Jessie has herpes.
* e.g., ... Jake: k gurl I heard that Jessie has herpes.
# 10 - { Tea:5208608 }
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[ "Tea" ]
1: Gossip, juicy news, pivotal info about something that went down recently. Origin stems from 'Tea Time' with a small group of ladies who would sit and share 41 Term became increasingly popular amongst the African American gay community and thus the African American community as a whole.
* e.g., ... "GUURRRRLLL!! I heard Zyprexa and Levitra got into it over Lil Ray Ray! Lemme give you the TEA!"
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PERSON #1: "Hey Pookie, What's the T?"
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