The Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agoRemastered for modern audienceslemmy.worldimagemessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageRemastered for modern audienceslemmy.worldThe Picard Maneuver@lemmy.world to Memes@sopuli.xyz · 1 month agomessage-square49fedilink
minus-squareDarkCloud@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoOn god, you cappin’ rn fr “Honestly, you are lying right now for real” A hater gets caught lackin’ in the crib and you think that’s my vibe “Someone who doesn’t like me get caught without enough to defend themselves in the house, and you think that what I’m about/like” Deadass, I’m bussin’. “…in all seriousness, I’m great/fantastic/amazing.”
minus-squareIapar@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIs it cap because of capslock or what is the origin?
minus-squareDeath_Equity@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago“Cap” is short for “captions”, in reference to people lying in the captions of their social media posts.
minus-squarechetradley@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month 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
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoInteresting as the second caption should be I am the one who knocks right?
minus-squareredbeardgecko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoIt was pretty funny on an unintended meta level because the Italian verb for knocking is “bussare.”
minus-squaredependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoHuh the more you know. Thanks.
minus-squareredbeardgecko@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoTo be clear I’m fairly sure that that was not intended, but still :P
On god, you cappin’ rn fr
“Honestly, you are lying right now for real”
A hater gets caught lackin’ in the crib and you think that’s my vibe
“Someone who doesn’t like me get caught without enough to defend themselves in the house, and you think that what I’m about/like”
Deadass, I’m bussin’.
“…in all seriousness, I’m great/fantastic/amazing.”
Is it cap because of capslock or what is the origin?
“Cap” is short for “captions”, in reference to people lying in the captions of their social media posts.
That’s not true
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
Interesting as the second caption should be I am the one who knocks right?
It was pretty funny on an unintended meta level because the Italian verb for knocking is “bussare.”
Huh the more you know. Thanks.
To be clear I’m fairly sure that that was not intended, but still :P