🧢 Cap Emoji
what it means
A single blue cap in a reply is a full accusation. It works because "cap" already means a lie, so the emoji needs no accompanying words.
That's a lie — the emoji form of calling "cap".
the origin story
The billed cap emoji was added in 2018; its slang use follows the AAVE meaning of "cap" as a lie.
It's one of the clearest examples of an emoji being adopted purely because a word already existed. "No cap" is sometimes written with a crossed-out or absent cap, though the plain 🧢 accusation is far more common.
in the wild
I've never been late once this year.
🧢
He said he ran it in under 20 minutes.
🧢🧢🧢
how to use it
- Accusing someone of exaggerating, lightly
- Comment sections and group chats
- As a wordless reply
- In serious accusations
- Professionally
- Where readers will think you mean an actual hat
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