no cap

English

Etymology

From AAVE cap (“to lie, exaggerate”, verb),[1] popularized by the rappers Future and Young Thug in their track "No Cap" (2017).

Pronunciation

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Interjection

no cap

  1. (African-American Vernacular) Used to emphasize that one is telling the truth.
    Synonym: (Internet slang) no 🧢
    I just found $20 on the ground, no cap.
    • 2017, “No Cap”, in Super Slimey‎[1], performed by Future and Young Thug:
      Yellow diamonds like banana, that's cap / Put some dirt in Mello Yello, no cap / Rockin' Maison Margielas, that's cap / Red bitch, Cinderella, no cap
    • 2024 May 12, @gojoballs69, Twitter‎[2], archived from the original on 28 June 2024:
      yall no cap i lowkey think women deserve equal rights to men 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

See also

References

  1. ^ “cap v.5”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang, Jonathon Green, 2016–present

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English no cap.

Interjection

no cap

  1. (slang) no cap

See also

References

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