If you’ve been anywhere on the internet in the past years, you’ve 100% seen a video of some teenager finish telling a story in their car, taking a sip of McDonald’s Sprite, and then signing off with the words “no cap”.
Which like…great story dude, but what? Not to age us all here, but nobody over the age of 25 knows what “no cap” means. But have no fear, I am here to hold your hand as we embark into the depths of TikTok and explain to you just what this fresh linguistic hell means.
The Ancient History Of 1900s
Before we get into modern times (post-covid haze when we all got sucked into TikTok just to feel something) when the term actually blew up, we have to go way way way back to the last century when the term originated.
No they weren’t walking around saying “Old sport, no cap”, but they were saying it in some respect back in the 40s.
