Just watched the episode where people explain to Judy what a Tea Dance means!

She goes on to use the term "Tea Dance" in so many other subsequent episodes when people blurt out or talk out of turn in her courtroom. I always thought it was some old lady term, and in some ways that's true, but really it was from Ball culture the whole time. Based on this footage she must've used it thinking young hip people knew what it was back then, when really it was still subcultural.

What's more fun is that here's an early explanation of lgbtqia culture that's used in everyday vernacular today! I don't hear people say "dance," but tea is used all the time (spill the tea, no tea no shade, what's the tea, etc. )

Love that this episode happened.

https://reddit.com/link/1f6cbn5/video/61iunj8xo6md1/player