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title: "spill the tea · GenZ Decoded"
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# spill the tea

Gen Z[#social](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/social/)

**Meaning.** Spill the tea is often used to encourage someone to share juicy or interesting gossip.

See it in a sentence

Come on, spill the tea, what happened last night?

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

    spill the tea,[tea](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/tea/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [deets](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/deets/)

- Gen X

    [the 411](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/the-411/)

- Boomer

    [the skinny](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/the-skinny/)

- Plain English

    spill the tea is often used to encourage someone to share juicy or interesting gossip

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- [How every generation says gossip](https://genzdecoded.com/how-to-say/gossip/)

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## Related slang

- [sleep on](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/sleep-on/): To overlook or underrate how great something really is.
- [spill](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/spill/): Invitation for someone to share news, information, or their opinion.
- [squad](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/squad/): A close, tight-knit group of friends; a heavily used mid-2010s term.
- [squad goals](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/squad-goals/): An admirable group of friends held up as an aspirational example; now reads dated.

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