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Off-topic, but do you mean "biased" when you say "based"? I feel like I'm in some parallel universe because I swear for the last 6 months I've not seen a single

Off-topic, but do you mean "biased" when you say "based"? I feel like I'm in some parallel universe because I swear for the last 6 months I've not seen a single person spell biased right. Was there a meeting where everyone agreed to make a confusing change to the spelling and no-one told me about it?

slackfan 5y ago
No, based =/= biased.
- smnrchrds 5y ago
  > 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.” https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/based/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/based/ Well, TIL.
eti 5y ago
see: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based+God https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based+God && https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=based https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=based
- maxerickson 5y ago
  Also https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/based-god https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/based-god
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CryptoBanker 5y ago
It’s a young persons word…
- exfascist 5y ago
  I'm still not convinced it isn't partially related to the word "base" as in "bad" or "cool" which has been used for a pretty long time.
  - fullshark 5y ago
    I think its origin is being high on crack cocaine (freebase) and feeling good as a result
  - newbamboo 5y ago
    From “All your base are belong to us.” Not a new term. It’s a gamer thing.
- kingcharles 5y ago
  OK, cool. So it's like how everyone tried to make "on fleek" a thing a little while back?
simiones 5y ago
"Based" is similar to some uses of "cool" - it's a kind of generic positive adjective. You can read it as "sounds pretty good to me" / "sounds pretty cool to me". It has nothing at all to do with "biased".
- Markoff 5y ago
  I've never seen it used as "cool", it's much more commonly used as synonym for "conservative" or "unique going own way despite popular opinion". EDIT: Other poster explained it maybe better as "being yourself and not caring what others think of you".
  - simiones 5y ago
    > "unique going own way despite popular opinion" Well, that's at least one aspect of "being cool", so I still feel they are at least vaguely related.
- jpadkins 5y ago
  more specific than just cool, it sometimes means the opposite of debased (: to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character. : to reduce the intrinsic value of (a coin) by increasing the base-metal content ) I've read it as high quality, high character, or high value depending on the subject.
tenebrisalietum 5y ago
Based is the opposite of cringe, the usage started with 4chan and continues on /pol/ to this day.

slackfan 5y ago

No, based =/= biased.

smnrchrds 5y ago
> 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.” https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/based/ https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/based/ Well, TIL.

eti 5y ago

see: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based+God https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based+God && https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=based https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=based

maxerickson 5y ago
Also https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/based-god https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/based-god

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CryptoBanker 5y ago

It’s a young persons word…

exfascist 5y ago
I'm still not convinced it isn't partially related to the word "base" as in "bad" or "cool" which has been used for a pretty long time.
- fullshark 5y ago
  I think its origin is being high on crack cocaine (freebase) and feeling good as a result
- newbamboo 5y ago
  From “All your base are belong to us.” Not a new term. It’s a gamer thing.
kingcharles 5y ago
OK, cool. So it's like how everyone tried to make "on fleek" a thing a little while back?

simiones 5y ago

"Based" is similar to some uses of "cool" - it's a kind of generic positive adjective. You can read it as "sounds pretty good to me" / "sounds pretty cool to me". It has nothing at all to do with "biased".

Markoff 5y ago
I've never seen it used as "cool", it's much more commonly used as synonym for "conservative" or "unique going own way despite popular opinion". EDIT: Other poster explained it maybe better as "being yourself and not caring what others think of you".
- simiones 5y ago
  > "unique going own way despite popular opinion" Well, that's at least one aspect of "being cool", so I still feel they are at least vaguely related.
jpadkins 5y ago
more specific than just cool, it sometimes means the opposite of debased (: to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character. : to reduce the intrinsic value of (a coin) by increasing the base-metal content ) I've read it as high quality, high character, or high value depending on the subject.

tenebrisalietum 5y ago

Based is the opposite of cringe, the usage started with 4chan and continues on /pol/ to this day.