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• chetradley@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  It’s believed to have been a part of black American slang for decades, possibly from the term “high-capping” which essentially means bragging. Rapper E-40 used the term in his 1995 song “Da Bumble”.

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  • Iapar@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Thanks for the explanation and link!

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• Death_Equity@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  “Cap” is short for “captions”, in reference to people lying in the captions of their social media posts.

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  • hardaysknight@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    That’s not true

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