fossilesque@mander.xyzM to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 3 months agoMerriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is 'slop'apnews.comexternal-linkmessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up148arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@lemmings.worldfark@ibbit.at
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minus-squareLvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyzMlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·3 months ago“To cap” is to lie, to exaggerate, to bullshit. It can be also used as a noun; “that’s cap” = “that’s bullshit”. Originally AAVE slang. So “no cap” = “honestly, saying the truth”. I understood that “no cap + rizz” as “seriously, this is cool”.
“To cap” is to lie, to exaggerate, to bullshit. It can be also used as a noun; “that’s cap” = “that’s bullshit”. Originally AAVE slang.
So “no cap” = “honestly, saying the truth”.
I understood that “no cap + rizz” as “seriously, this is cool”.