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Merriam-Webster’s 2025 word of the year is 'slop'
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(Wait... isn't that "no cap"? By asking, I may have just broken the coolness of the trend, and I am okay with that.)
"To cap" is to lie, to exaggerate, to bullshit. It can be also used as a noun; "that's cap" = "that's bullshit". Originally AAVE slang.
So "no cap" = "honestly, saying the truth".
I understood that "no cap + rizz" as "seriously, this is cool".