Gen Z meaning
no cap
No lie. For real. Seriously.
Cap means a lie. So “no cap” means you are not lying. It is a way to stress honesty, like saying “for real” or “I’m serious.”
You will also see “that’s cap” when someone thinks a claim is fake. Same family of slang as fr and ngl.
In a chat
- That movie was fire, no cap.
- No cap, I studied for three hours.
- Him saying he can dunk is cap.