“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 11 months agoIs it cap because of capslock or what is the origin?
Death_Equity@lemmy.world 11 months ago
hardaysknight@lemmy.world 11 months ago
That’s not true
chetradley@lemmy.world 11 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 11 months ago
Thanks for the explanation and link!