from AAVE

cap

/kæp/noun, verb

Meaning

A lie.
(verb) To lie or exaggerate.

“No cap, he really said that.”

Where it came from

From African American Vernacular English, where capping has long meant lying or bragging. The phrase no cap, meaning no lie, carried it into mainstream slang through the 2010s.

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More words

slang

caught in 4K

/kɔːt ɪn fɔːr keɪ/phrase

Caught doing something with clear, undeniable evidence.

from 4chan, ironic

chad

/tʃæd/noun

A confident, socially successful man, in meme shorthand.

streamer

chat

/tʃæt/noun, in direct address

An imagined live audience, spoken to out loud by a person who is not streaming.