no cap
Century-old slang meaning "no lie" became Gen Z's truth verification system for an internet where everyone assumes everyone else is exaggerating.
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When someone says "no cap," they're swearing they're telling the truth—but here's the twist: they have to announce it because everyone assumes everyone else is lying online. It's the digital equivalent of "scout's honor" in a world where nobody trusts anything anymore.
The phrase has deep roots going back to early 1900s American slang where "cap" meant "to lie." It traveled through Southern hip-hop culture for decades before Gen Z discovered it on Twitter in the 2010s and turned it into their go-to truth stamp. No single viral moment launched it—it just gradually seeped from regional dialects into the mainstream internet vocabulary.
What's brilliant is that "no cap" exists because we live in an age of constant exaggeration. Every story is the "craziest thing ever," every experience is "literally insane." The phrase caught on because it named something universal: the exhausting need to constantly signal authenticity in a world drowning in hyperbole.
"I actually studied for this test, no cap" or just "No cap!" as a standalone response. It's the internet's way of saying "I'm serious this time, really."