CAP

CAP

Charlotte Whitmore

CAP is the British urban slang for the lie.

CAP

CAP is the British urban slang for the lie. No cap means no lie, meaning the truth is being told. Capping is lying. The cap is the lie with the urban vocabulary's specific relationship to the truth and the lie encoded in the headwear metaphor.

What This Reveals About Britain

What cap reveals about London urban slang and the headwear metaphor for the lie: the urban slang term using the cap as the lie has the specific quality of the word that makes the truth and the lie navigable through the no cap confirmation of the truth.

The Satirical Conclusion

CAP is the London urban slang most specifically headwear-lie metaphor: the cap is the lie, the no cap is the truth, and the capping is the lying. No cap. The truth was confirmed by the no cap. The cap was the lie. The headwear was the honest metaphor.

See: The London Prat.

Bohiney Magazine | The London Prat

SOURCE: https://prat.uk/cap/

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