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minus-squareIapar@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoIs it cap because of capslock or what is the origin?
minus-squarechetradley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoIt’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”. https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/08/some-history-meanings-of-african.html?m=1#:~:text= to believe.-,"no cap,about something hard to believe
Is it cap because of capslock or what is the origin?
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”.
https://pancocojams.blogspot.com/2020/08/some-history-meanings-of-african.html?m=1#:~:text= to believe.-,"no cap,about something hard to believe