Cap | To lie. Specifically, saying someone is "capping" or "cap" means to say they are lying. On the other hand, if someone says "no cap", it means they aren't lying. | "I'm actually going to be productive today, no cap.""You actually got tickets to the Bad Bunny concert? You're capping." | No Cap, Capping | First used in 1906 by Alfred Henry Lewis in his book Confessions of a Detective, this may have originated from another slang usage of "cap", meaning to brag or exaggerate. Popularized in 2017. |
Caught in 4K | Refers to someone being indisputably caught doing something wrong or incriminating on camera or with evidence to prove it, referencing 4K resolution | "How do they catch you in 4k?""Bro really got caught in 4k." | Catch in 4k, Catching in 4k | Originally from YouTuber RDCworld1's 2019 video How Lawyers Always Get Rappers Off, in which a lawyer talks to his client who was caught on video committing various crimes. The term is used similarly to the phrase "caught red-handed." |
Cook | To "cook", as a verb, is to prepare or initiate a situation with intent of creating a result.
The most common uses ("Someone cooked here" and "Let him cook") are a request to give one space to proceed uninterrupted (especially when saying or doing something provocative) in the hope that the result might be entertaining, if not agreeable. | "Hold on, let him cook.""Someone cooked here." | Getting cooked,
Being cooked | Originated within the African-American community. Can be traced back to Lil B. Popularized on Twitter and TikTok for the mainstream in early 2023. Can mean something else given context (See "cooked"). |
Cooked | When a person or subject is "Cooked" (As an adjective), it's the state of being in any sort of danger, physical, emotional, of failure, or of reputation. Can be used in a similar fashion to "Doomed." It can also mean to have been humiliated, embarrassed, or messed up in some way. | "We're down 20 points, we are so cooked.""He just cooked her in the debate.""This generation is cooked." | See above. | Popularized on Twitter in early 2023. Can mean something else given context (See "cook" above). |
Clapback | Swift and witty response to an insult or critique. | "He was being mocked, so he clapped back and made the whole room go quiet." | Clap back,
Clapped back | Derived from the eponymous 2003 song "Clap Back" by rapper Ja Rule, which was a diss track against 50 Cent and Eminem, where the term was used to describe how Ja Rule and his crew would shoot those who oppose him. Garnered popularity on Twitter. |