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as a layman: A word is a sound or collection of sounds, or a graphic representation thereof, meant to convey a concept.
Someone at work (professional office setting) asked me what “no cap” meant…
And before I knew what was happening I was 5 minutes deep talking about shooting guns randomly out windows.
I don’t know why more etymology nerds aren’t interested in slang it’s all the cool shit about language evolving except its happening like 10-100x as fast as formal language evolves.
No cap just means your bottle is going to spill
Xnopyt
Jokes aside, etymology is a fascinating subject. At least for me and that’s not even my line of work. I just love learning about it
“Is” huh…?
Easy there, Bill.
