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title: "tea · GenZ Decoded"
description: "tea: Gossip or the latest dramatic news. Example: \"Spill the tea, what happened at the party?\" Meaning, Gen Z usage, and related slang."
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# tea

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

**Meaning.** Gossip or the latest dramatic news.

See it in a sentence

Spill the tea, what happened at the party?

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z · this one

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

    gossip or the latest dramatic news

## Read more on this idea

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

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## Related slang

- [swing by](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/swing-by/): Casual invitation to come over or stop in for a visit.
- [take a seat](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/take-a-seat/): A dismissive, sarcastic way to tell someone to stop or back off.
- [the 411](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/the-411/): Information, news, or gossip.
- [the man](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/the-man/): Authority figures or the establishment seen as controlling ordinary people.

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