no cap
English
Etymology
From AAVE cap (“to lie, exaggerate”, verb), attested since the early 20th century[1] and popularized by Future and Young Thug in their 2017 track "No Cap".
Interjection
no cap
- (African-American Vernacular, Internet slang) Used to emphasize that one is telling the truth.
- I just found $20 on the ground, no cap.
- 2017, “No Cap”, in Super Slimey, performed by Future & 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
See also
- for real
References
- Jonathon Green (2023), “cap v.5”, in Green's Dictionary of Slang
Anagrams
- Capon, Ponca, capno-, capon, pocan