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More about tea

Tea, as dished about in jarrett hill and Tre’vell Anderson’s new book, , out now from

PRONUNCIATION

Phonetic.

TRANSLATION

“Information.”

USAGE

A foundational piece of Black queer language that originated in Black drag culture. Describes potentially unknown or little-known information; it can be obvious or take some discerning.

EXAMPLE

Ryanne arrived to the after-party late. “What’s聽tea, sis?” she said to her bestie Mika, sensing she’s just missed something. “Apparently Simone’s boyfriend and side piece are both on their way,” Mika whispered.

ORIGIN OF TEA

• Tea may have come from the celebrated drag performer The Lady Chablis, who is quoted in the 1994 bestseller Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: 鈥淵eah, my T. My thing, my business, what鈥檚 goin鈥� on in my life.鈥� T, here, is short for truth.
• The slang tea may riff on The Lady Chablis鈥檚 T as well as on tea parties, at which well-to-do Southern women are popularly imagined to gossip.
• Tea spread thanks in part to RuPaul鈥檚 Drag Race starting in 2009. The reality show frequently uses (spilling the) tea for 鈥済ossip.鈥�

More about eggcorn

• While eggcorn is attested as early as the early 19th century, its present sense dates from 2003.
• Eggcorn is a coinage by linguistics professor Geoffrey K. Pullum based on the word acorn, which could be mistaken to be a compound of egg and corn because of acorns鈥� size and shape.
• Eggcorns tend to reflect common mistakes at the individual level鈥攏o matter how widespread these mistakes may be鈥攖hat do not change the spelling of the mistaken word or phrase.
• Eggcorns are based on logical misunderstandings, so not every misspelling qualifies as an eggcorn.

EXAMPLES OF EGGCORN

• After watching the movie, she couldn’t help but laugh at the eggcorns he made when trying to quote famous lines.
• As a linguistics enthusiast, he found joy in discovering eggcorns that had permeated everyday language, such as “old wise tale” instead of “old wives’ tale.”

More about disparate

• Disparate entered English around 1580-90.
• Disparate comes from the Latin word 诲颈蝉辫补谤腻迟耻蝉, meaning “separated.”
• The dis- element means “not,” while聽par- comes from the Latin verb 辫补谤腻谤别, “to prepare, to get ready,” which in this case may be influenced in meaning by the Latin word par, “equal.”

SYNONYMS OF DISPARATE

• separate
• divergent
• incommensurable

EXAMPLES OF DISPARATE

• The team members had disparate opinions on how to approach the problem, resulting in a lengthy and impassioned debate.
• The artist’s latest exhibition showcased a collection of disparate works of art, each representing a unique perspective on the human experience.