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[–] dangblingus@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Literally the dumbest and most worthless gen z slang. It doesn't save any time whatsoever. Why would you need slang for a very specific thing like lying?

[–] ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world 10 points 2 years ago

Slang is for identifying the ingroup vs. the outgroup, not for efficiency of communication.

[–] atx_aquarian@lemmy.world -3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

~~Especially when "cap" is already used to mean capacity limitation, like a bandwidth cap.~~

edit: I should have looked it up rather than relying on my (mis)understanding from low-quality past conversations, where I thought this was a term kids tried to invent because it sounded cool.