What does “no cap” mean?
No cap means no lie, for real. Cap means a lie, so capping is lying.
Where it comes from
From African American Vernacular English; hip-hop made it widespread in the late 2010s.
No Cap in a sentence
- This is the best pizza in the city, no cap.
- Stop capping; you did not run five miles.
Can you say it at work?
Casual, and it reads young. In work writing, plain “really” does the job.
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