Understanding the Meaning and Offensiveness of the Term “Teabag”

Teabagging is a vulgar sexual slang term describing the act of dipping one’s scrotum into another person’s mouth, onto their face, or into a drink—mimicking the dipping of a tea bag.

It is highly offensive, degrading, and non-consensual in tone. Use of this term toward someone constitutes sexual harassment. It may also refer to the act itself as a noun.

In gaming culture, “teabagging” (crouching repeatedly over a defeated opponent’s avatar) is a taunt derived from the sexual act, carrying the same contemptuous intent.