Emojion🧢 billed cap
Meaning
Represents a baseball cap for sports or fashion, but in English-speaking spaces it doubles as a visual stand-in for the slang "cap," meaning to lie or exaggerate.
Keywords: baseball, bent, billed, cap, dad, hat
How it's used around the world
United StatesAmong Gen Z and TikTok users, a single 🧢 reply means "you're lying," and "No 🧢" is a set phrase for "I'm being dead serious."
JapanMostly used literally for fashion or baseball; the "cap = lie" slang is limited to those plugged into English-language internet culture.
💡 Did you know?
The slang "cap" (to lie or exaggerate) traces back to AAVE from the early 1900s. It went mainstream after Young Thug and Future's 2017 track "No Cap," and 🧢 became the go-to visual symbol for the term.
💡 Did you know?
In English-speaking internet culture, a lone 🧢 reply means "that's a lie" or "you're capping." Dropping it in a TikTok comment is the Gen Z way of calling someone out without a word.
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