• null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        21 天前

        On one hand, inappropriate use of language like “literally” bugs me too. On the other hand, difficulty understanding other English speakers is an attitude thing.

        If you don’t know what a word or a new use of a word means… you should find out.

        Trying to assert that language should stay the way it was when you learned it is frankly lazy.

      • TurtleMelon@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        21 天前

        ‘Cap’ means ‘lie’. If someone says “No cap?”, they’re asking “For real?” or “Are you serious?”. If someone says “You’re capping”, they’re saying you are not telling the truth.

        • glitchdx@lemmy.world
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          19 天前

          I appreciate you providing an actual useful definition.

          Next question: how does that etymology work? Why “cap”?