no cap
English edit
Etymology edit
From AAVE cap (“to lie, exaggerate”, verb),[1] popularized by rappers Future and Young Thug in their 2017 track "No Cap".
Pronunciation edit
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Interjection edit
- (African-American Vernacular) Used to emphasize that one is telling the truth.
- 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
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References edit
- ^ Jonathon Green (2024) “cap v.5”, in Green’s Dictionary of Slang