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British Tea Translator(startrek.website)

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HexesofVexes@lemmy.world
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“Time for tea I think” - I’m going on a break, do not follow me with work

“We’re out of tea” - Ight, I’mma head out

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Raine_Wolf@lemm.ee
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I wonder if that second meaning is how “tea” began to also mean “gossip”

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poppy@lemm.ee
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It started as “T” for “truth” and evolved into “tea” with wordplay with “spill the tea”.

https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/tea-slang-meaning-origin

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Raine_Wolf@lemm.ee
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Thx for the etymology lesson!

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