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Tea

🇿🇦 South Africa Slang
Added Apr 06, 2026 · 1 definition
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Tea definition 1

Amahlebezi (Gossip/drama)

"Spill the tea sis (Share the gossip sister)"
by Khulekani Dladla Elder · Apr 06, 2026

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🇿🇦 South Africa
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1 community definition
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April 2026

↻ Similar Words

Tea 🇺🇬 Uganda

Tea (Tea)

"Tea ya morning (Morning tea)"
Tea 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Vye koze (Gossip)

"Spill the tea! (Spill the gossip!)"

🇿🇦 About South Africa Slang

South African slang, from Cape Town to Johannesburg, mixes Zulu, Xhosa, Afrikaans, Sotho, and English into uniquely expressive township and street language.

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🌍 "Tea" Across Africa

This word is also used in 20 other countries, sometimes with a different meaning.

Tea 🇺🇬 Uganda

Tea (Tea)
Tea 🇸🇨 Seychelles

Vye koze (Gossip)
Tea 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone

Tea/breakfast (Tea/breakfast)
Tea 🌍 Gen Z/Gen Alpha

Gossip, drama
Tea 🇨🇲 Cameroon

Tea (Tea/breakfast)
Tea 🇸🇸 South Sudan

Iша'at (Gossip/rumors)
Tea 🇨🇫 Central African Republic

Potins (Tea/gossip)
Tea 🇪🇬 Egypt

تي - Tea/Gossip
Tea 🇸🇿 Eswatini

Inhlebo/amanga (Gossip)
Tea 🇪🇹 Ethiopia

ቲ/ወሬ (Tea/gossip)
Tea 🇱🇸 Lesotho

Maqeba / Gossip
Tea 🇱🇷 Liberia

Hot drink/Beverage (Tea)
Tea 🇱🇾 Libya

تي (Tea / gossip)
Tea 🇲🇿 Mozambique

Fofoca quente (Hot gossip)
Tea 🇳🇦 Namibia

Ondunguluko / gossip (Gossip / drama)
Tea 🇬🇲 Gambia

Spill the tea sister (Spill the gossip sister)
Tea

Gossip, drama
Tea 🇳🇬 Nigeria

Gossip or secrets (Juicy info)
Tea 🇷🇼 Rwanda

Amakuru mabi (Gossip)
tea 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe

Makuhwa (Gossip)

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