CULTURETECHLENSno cap
VERIFIED evidence grade — master store (canonical CSV)
Combined Graph record U-00818 · provenance: canonical master store (CSV), record CTL-W-0417. Master record source: CTL seed 2026-10-16 — UNVERIFIED, verify before public citation.
Merriam-Webster slang entry (fetched in full): 'No cap is a slang expression meaning "genuinely; truthfully," used to emphasize the sincerity or seriousness of a statement.' Origin: 'No cap originates in African American English slang, in use by at least the early 2010s in the lyrics of hip-hop artists from Atlanta, Georgia... spread into the mainstream in the late 2010s and early 2020s. The cap in no cap is based on African American English use meaning "to boast; exaggerate; lie; insult," with examples recorded in the mid-1900s.'
Answer summary · this record in brief, from its own record text
Merriam-Webster slang entry (fetched in full): 'No cap is a slang expression meaning "genuinely; truthfully," used to emphasize the sincerity or seriousness of a statement.' Origin: 'No cap originates in African American English slang, in use by at least the early 2010s in the lyrics of hip-hop artists from Atlanta, Georgia... spread into the mainstream in the late 2010s and early 2020s.
The record
- Work type: phrase
Sources
- http://www.merriam-webster.com/slang/no-cap (verification source · master store)
Evidence note (master store)
Merriam-Webster slang entry (fetched in full): 'No cap is a slang expression meaning "genuinely; truthfully," used to emphasize the sincerity or seriousness of a statement.' Origin: 'No cap originates in African American English slang, in use by at least the early 2010s in the lyrics of hip-hop artists from Atlanta, Georgia... spread into the mainstream in the late 2010s and early 2020s. The cap in no cap is based on African American English use meaning "to boast; exaggerate; lie; insult," with examples recorded in the mid-1900s.'
More work records
- Denise Huxtable
- Denver
- Designing Algorithms for Social Good
- Devil in a Blue Dress
- Deviled crabs
- Deviled eggs
Browse the full directory: all entity records
Record CTL-W-0417 · Combined Graph record U-00818 · CultureTechLens Knowledge Graph · 1 source.
Directory: all entity records · the knowledge graph
Researched and maintained by the CultureTechLens research program · CultureTechLens Combined Graph, Release 2026-11-04. Corrections are public: the corrections log.
Cite this record
Chicago: CultureTechLens. “no cap (CTL-W-0417).” CultureTechLens Combined Graph. Chicago, IL: CultureTechLens, 2026. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-w-0417/
APA: CultureTechLens. (2026). no cap (CTL-W-0417) [Entity record]. CultureTechLens Combined Graph. https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-w-0417/
MLA: CultureTechLens. “no cap (CTL-W-0417).” CultureTechLens Combined Graph, 2026, https://culturetechlens.com/graph/entities/ctl-w-0417/
Citation guidance for teachers, journalists, and funders: How to Cite Us.
From the Archive
The archive in pictures
The people, places, and institutions this work documents. Photographs from the CultureTechLens research record — rights-cleared, credited, and cited like everything else here.
Trust & evidence
Evidence before authority. CultureTechLens publishes its methods, its limits, and its corrections alongside its findings. Claims carry grades — VERIFIED, SUPPORTED, PROVISIONAL, DISPUTED, UNRESOLVED — and unknowns are never reported as zero.
Every claim graded. Every source named. Every correction public — see the corrections log.