“Cap” is short for “captions”, in reference to people lying in the captions of their social media posts.
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Iapar@feddit.de 4 months agoIs it cap because of capslock or what is the origin?
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Iapar@feddit.de 4 months agoIs it cap because of capslock or what is the origin?
“Cap” is short for “captions”, in reference to people lying in the captions of their social media posts.
That’s not true
chetradley@lemmy.world 4 months 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 3 months ago
Thanks for the explanation and link!