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- What the hell does based mean? : r NoStupidQuestions - Reddit
They used words like “based” and “pede” to indicate their membership in their weird meme-based culture on their own little corners of the internet If other people were confused by their language, they considered it a feature, not a bug Reply reply OnceAndFutureDerp •
- Can anyone help me understand the word based? - Reddit
Lil B popularized it by being the "Based God" (he says he took the name from people who did freebase cocaine because they were called baseheads so he turned it into the word based and rolled with it)
- Based meaning?? : r ENGLISH - Reddit
Based is very based, and in order to become based, one must be based, but in order to be based one must learn the sacred based texts The sacred based texts can only be based by the most based people, without basedness, based will based not based be based based
- What does ‘based’ mean in slang? : r NoStupidQuestions - Reddit
Basehead Based was used to refer to people who acted like they were cracked out The rapper Lil B later popularized the term into the mainstream, "the based god" Based God He took what was at the time a term for insane druggies and redefined it to mean living your life the way you want in a generally uninhibited manner
- Do you guys do slang etymology? Where does based come from?
Over time, calling someone based was a way of saying that they were a crack addict, or acting like one, especially in West Coast street slang In the way slang things go, people acting eccentric or abnormal were labelled based At least that’s what seems to have happened with quirky West Coast rapper Brandon “Lil B” McCartney
- What does the slang based mean? : r ask - Reddit
Based is a slang term that originally meant to be addicted to crack cocaine (or acting like you were), but was reclaimed by rapper Lil B for being yourself and not caring what others think of you—to carry yourself with swagger Based has been appropriated by the alt-right online as a general term of praise, as if “un-woke ” sauce
- What does based mean? : r explainlikeimfive - Reddit
“Based means being yourself Not being scared of what people think about you Not being afraid to do what you wanna do Being positive When I was younger, based was a negative term that meant like dopehead, or basehead People used to make fun of me They was like, ‘You’re based ’ They’d use it as a negative And what I did was turn that negative into a positive I started embracing
- Based off vs based on : r grammar - Reddit
'Based off' vs 'based on' I have never heard any native English speaker says that something is 'based off' something else, in real life The phrase is 'based on' The film is based on the book But redditors often write 'based off, and reddit is the only place I've read that Is this an in-joke I've missed, a cultural difference, an age thing?
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