Is "Square Biz" by Tina Marie How "Tea" Became Slang for Gossip?

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@jonsrecordcollection7172 4 ай бұрын

There's a book that came out in 1970 called The Tearoom Trade: Impersonal Sex in Public Places that was about gay men having sex in public restrooms, which were nicknamed "tearooms." One explanation for why that slang came about is that it's simply a reference to the fact that toilet begins with the letter T, which would make it a "tearoom." If Square Biz was the source of "tea" as slang for gossip, then maybe black gay men were making a similar pun with tea the drink vs. the letter T, which was similar to the use of the word "tearoom" among white gay men in the 1960s and 1970s. That may also explain why, when Lady Chablis uses the word, the word is spelled "T" and not as "tea."

@NickolasNameolas 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for this info! Great stuff I wish I knew when I was working on the vid.

@jonsrecordcollection7172 2 ай бұрын

@@NickolasNameolas Another use of "tea" in gay circles that may predate 1970 is the record "Come To Me at Tea Time" by a female impersonator named Minette. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJ21gGuphq95gq8

@RatDimension 4 ай бұрын

“This guy is also not regular” 😂😂😂😂

@joelman1989 4 ай бұрын

That part made me laugh out loud

@AprileB-t1t 3 ай бұрын

Thanks for hipping us to tea! 😂

@joelman1989 4 ай бұрын

The sauce gauntlet took me out 😂

@Jib-Jab-4-life 4 ай бұрын

You're actually so funny! I love your deadpan delivery. You've got much more than just solid research skills going for you!

@NickolasNameolas 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much, I try to put a little bit of everything I do in these.

@theroyalcrane 4 ай бұрын

RIP Lady T

@cdntl 4 ай бұрын

Just found your channel today (through an FD Signifier community post) and I gotta say, you don't miss. I've watched 8 of your videos in a row and it's all incredible content. Keep it up! There's no way that content this good won't be picked up by the algorithm soon.

@tigerlike7472 4 ай бұрын

Bobby Caldwell got us all...another excellent upload!! I'm late as hell, but just had a kid so I've been in pure Dad mode!

@NickolasNameolas 4 ай бұрын

“Pure dad mode” also perfectly describes all the music I talk about in this video lol

@tigerlike7472 4 ай бұрын

@@NickolasNameolas that's how the kiddo got made to begin with 😅

@DejhaPayne 4 ай бұрын

Making hot water cornbread as we speak!

@kaiserruhsam 4 ай бұрын

THIS MAN IS ALSO NOT REGULAR 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@interrabang 4 ай бұрын

The truth gets spilled

@BoosterGauche 4 ай бұрын

"Efficiently celebrate" is a phrase I need to incorporate into my vocabulary.

@AT_ID 4 ай бұрын

Your ability to research and get to the origin of things is astounding.

@NickolasNameolas 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for saying so

@garlicfries85 4 ай бұрын

that's really cool hearing about the history of the term "tea" i really thought it had something to do a cup of hot tea 😅

@J.A.M.-xg7cy 4 ай бұрын

This is the best pop culture history thing out here rn. Kudos sir. Keep it up!

@dangerxbadger2300 4 ай бұрын

I'm going to double comment to add that I grew up and came of age in my city's queer youth community and the first time I heard the word used in that way was probably in 2003, by my literal flaming redhead gay best friend. Good memories.

@darbies 4 ай бұрын

this is the most interesting video i've seen in a while, so glad it showed up in my recommended. :D

@BrillianceProper 4 ай бұрын

I honestly thought it was the Kermit/Muppets commercial so this blew my mind especially since I love "Square Biz." Great vid.

@Darkchild393 2 ай бұрын

Ever think about MJ saying “you’re throwing shade” on Morphine back in 95 🤔

@Cleanmybass 4 ай бұрын

I mean, perhaps we as a society need more gauntlets? What could go wrong?

@NickolasNameolas 4 ай бұрын

Searching for dude’s sauce gauntlet made me realize there’s an entire subculture of people who believe this. I wish I possessed that bravery.

@Cleanmybass 4 ай бұрын

@@NickolasNameolasSeems like a slippery slope, you get a gauntlet, why not a cape? And then a monocle. Where it would end, I do not know. But I guarantee the switch blade comb is involved.

@trioptimum9027 4 ай бұрын

@@Cleanmybass Look, why would you have a separate switchblade comb when you could build a retractable comb right into your gauntlet?

@joelman1989 4 ай бұрын

@@Cleanmybassthis thread confirms I’ve ended up on the right side of KZbin. The algorithm won

@haileybalmer9722 4 ай бұрын

I have so many thoughts. First of all, good video, I like it when you post! Second of all, my granny makes some hot water cornbread, and you're not wrong about it. The first time I heard anyone use tea, I asked her to elaborate, and she said "the tea? You know, the truth?" I always assumed that's what it meant, but I also didn't hear it until maybe 2006? I'm not surprised it's got a much longer history than that, but I am delighted to learn about it.

@beckhamjenkins4798 4 ай бұрын

6:26 I love guv’nor: “Catch a throatful From the fire vocaled Ash and molten glass like Eyjafjallajökull The volcano out of Iceland”

@companydrew 4 ай бұрын

sauce gauntlet 🤣

@BeastNationXIV 4 ай бұрын

Naaah, you can't do a video like this and start out with Square Biz! Let's go! 😊😊😊

@dangerxbadger2300 4 ай бұрын

So much of our American history especially as it relates to black and brown culture is definitely a bummer! Glad to see you doing something lighter and more fun for a change while still keeping it mad interesting! You can really feel the difference in your energy. Your haircut looks nice, and as far as you centering a straight white lady, fuck it. Just lean into it like Hasan does and solidify your status as a queer Community Foe(for anyone thinking I'm serious this is satire as is Hasans bit about being a foe). 😂

@selalewis9189 4 ай бұрын

Three things: 1. Amazing research as always. So glad I joined your Patreon. 2. Jojo once gave me a compliment on my tights. She can come to the cookout. She deserves a plate just for enduring her music deal with Barry Hankerson. 3. The Manhattan Transfer are extremely white. They made Take 6 look like Jodeci.

@NickolasNameolas 4 ай бұрын

When I actually saw them I was shocked, I think it’s the “Mystery” Anita Baker connection

@hollagonzalez7954 2 ай бұрын

Brilliant track

@MagickP00dle 3 ай бұрын

I didn't know Bobby Caldwell wasn't black until he died and all the RIP articles started dropping. I'm glad I'm not the only one that was late to it.

@reyperry2605 4 ай бұрын

Eh. Even if you're wrong, you put the spotlight on Teena Marie so dass cool (This is pretty much just for the algorithm)

@louimmature 3 ай бұрын

i have that EXACT same shirt

@J.A.M.-xg7cy 4 ай бұрын

I think your breakdown of “T” is feasible. Personally, I always thought it was rooted in the gossip shared amongst women in the tea parlors e.g. of yesteryear

@AlwaysAmTired 4 ай бұрын

Interesting stuff

@RblastonYT 4 ай бұрын

Damn I love this silly video man

@lazyfish7675 4 ай бұрын

I'm subbed and have the bell yet this is the first video in 3 months I actually got notified of

@NickolasNameolas 4 ай бұрын

Damn, I don’t get the impression I’m any algorithm’s favorite so I appreciate the comment

@lazyfish7675 4 ай бұрын

@@NickolasNameolas you should be, in my opinion you're far underrated. I found you off a lil bill video and have appreciated your insight since

@funkstienn1002 2 ай бұрын

I thought it was something to do with the saying spill the tea well I guess I was mistaken or maybe not I don't know it could be a connection somewhere

@smelly1060 2 ай бұрын

This sorta reminds me of 'stan' but inverse. Em made the song, but people seem to gloss over Nas using it in Ether to describe Jay in the exact way we use it now, which tells me one of 2 things, either after em made the tune the term was uses on the streets colloquially as a way to refer to a meat rider oooor, it was already used like that and like Teana Em made the tune as a reference to this.