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"Are you crazy, Cap?" A boy said to his girl friend "Are yoou crazy, Cap? " question: why did he address her so? what does "cap" mean here? why "cap" is capitalized here? thank you for your help and your time
Dec 22, 2014 3:41 AM
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He is calling her captain, it's slang
December 22, 2014
cap would generally be considered the slang version of captain like paige said. i'm american and to my knowledge we don't typically use it in that way outside of maybe the navy where captain is a rank but also can be a general title for the commanding officer, whether they are actually the rank of captain or not.
December 22, 2014
It's unclear why he calls her that. The context in what you are reading would make that more clear.
December 22, 2014
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