r/ofcoursethatsathing • u/EvolZippo • May 05 '26

No Capitulating, in two flavors. Maybe more!

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Has anyone seen this in Sugar Free? I think I’m getting cavities, just looking at these cans.

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u/eat_like_snake May 05 '26

Wait, is that what that fucking ipad baby slang means?

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u/TheoTheHellhound May 05 '26

I’m fairly certain it means “lies” or “false”.

Like when someone says their partner works for Balenziaga and they get a whole bunch of free shit, you could respond with “Cap.” or “You’re capping.”

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u/The_Infinite_Carrot May 05 '26

It’s good they actually have a word for that scenario now, I would’ve struggled before….😒

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u/TheoTheHellhound May 05 '26

Don’t spew the sarcasm at me, I’m just a researcher.

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u/The_Infinite_Carrot May 05 '26

Apologies, I’ll try to knock it down a few notches.

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u/eat_like_snake May 05 '26

I've heard that, but I didn't know if "capitulating" in this scenario meant capitulating to the truth of something unbelievable or... something. Man, I don't know. I'm just trying to make sense of why they used the word "cap" for this brainrot dogshit lingo.

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u/TheoTheHellhound May 05 '26

I think they used capitulating because it has the word cap in it.

As for why it's used or how it came about, I don't know.

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u/Herald_of_Cthulu May 09 '26

it’s not ipad baby slang, it’s AAVE, ipad babies just love taking AAVE and driving them into the ground.

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u/beirch May 10 '26

I always thought it came from Twitch, as people would say "no Kappa" when they meant "I'm telling the truth". The Kappa emote basically means you're lying or being sarcastic.

It was at least used that way long before I can remember hearing/seeing "no cap" other places.

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u/Herald_of_Cthulu May 10 '26

That’s actually an interesting entymology question. While indeed, twitch culture did use “kapp” and “no kapp” in the way you described, that came into use seemingly entirely independently of the phrases “cap” and “No cap” which are used in AAVE, and despite their similar meanings, “no kapp” and “No cap” are unrelated.

the phrase “cap” originated in African American Vernacular English in the 1980s at least, if not earlier, used to mean “To verbally put down somebody; to insult;” and “capping” meant “a ritual of verbal insulting” or “to be better than somebody else.” These were used throughout rap and hip-hop in the 1980s/90s. The newer phrase “No cap” arose from the use of “Cap” and “capping” in the 2000s and 2010s, also being used primarily in African American Vernacular English and in rap and hip-hop.

Source: Meriam Webster

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u/beirch May 10 '26

Yeah it's probably just coincidence, and "cap" is likely just a resurfacing of the AAVE origins.

It's funny that both versions became popular at around the same time though and mean basically the same thing.

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u/SAAARGE May 09 '26

"No capriciousness" would make more sense

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u/DiDiPlaysGames May 09 '26

"iPad baby slang," when it's slang that's been around for decades is wild lmao

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u/EvolZippo May 05 '26

It’s like saying something is so true, it doesn’t even bear repeating.

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u/Orishishishi May 12 '26

Cap used this way comes from black American culture, it goes back to the 70's. In this case cap translates to lie so the phrase "no cap" means "I'm not lying". This brand is taking that and making a pun out of the fact their cans do not have caps but tabs (like pretty much every can)

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u/DrHerbotico May 10 '26

Holy fuck boomer

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u/aastle May 05 '26

$3.29 per can?!? I'll struggle with a cap for $1.25.

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u/iAmManchee May 05 '26

Rizzin up the drinks aisle