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"Based" is slang for "cool" or "in" that's common on 4chan, but I believe has its origins in the 90s offline on 4chan it's largely used to mean something along
by permo-w 4y ago
"Based" is slang for "cool" or "in" that's common on 4chan, but I believe has its origins in the 90s offline
on 4chan it's largely used to mean something along the lines of "fitting the 4chan anti-groupthink groupthink"
- neom 4y agoI do recall people saying based a lot in the 90s, it meant based in reality.
- moralestapia 4y agoThis is it.
- permo-w 4y agothis sounds much more plausible than the sibling comment's "based on your own beliefs", but plausibility is not necessarily correctness
- hot_gril 4y agoIt originally meant "based on your own beliefs," usually in the context of sticking to your guns despite unpopularity. Which is/was the cool thing to express on 4chan.
- honkler 4y agonah. 4chan learnt it from the rap song "Based God".
- hot_gril 4y agoIt meant the same thing in "Based God." I know 4chan didn't invent the phrase.
- honkler 4y agoBased in that means "being intoxicated with cocaine".
- hot_gril 4y agoLil B said it's both: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based%20God https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based%20God But only because he changed the meaning. Didn't realize there was an older one too.
- junofan 4y agoWhat? It’s from the 80s and means high on crack (freebase) and was re-popularized by Based God like 10–15 years ago.
- hot_gril 4y agoYep, didn't know about the crack meaning. Based God made it what it is today.