{"id":532627,"date":"2022-12-29T19:00:55","date_gmt":"2022-12-29T16:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-does-based-mean\/"},"modified":"2022-12-29T19:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T16:00:55","slug":"what-does-based-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-based-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Does \u201cBased\u201d Mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2966c9c4432\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2966c9c4432\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-based-mean\/#%E2%80%9CWhat_Does_%E2%80%9CBased%E2%80%9D_Mean%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;What Does \u201cBased\u201d Mean?&#8221;<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-2' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-based-mean\/#Enlightened_and_Freethinking\" >Enlightened and Freethinking<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-based-mean\/#Lil_B_and_What_It_Means_to_Be_Based\" >Lil B and What It Means to Be Based<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-based-mean\/#Based_on_What\" >Based on What?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-does-based-mean\/#How_to_Use_Based\" >How to Use Based<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWhat_Does_%E2%80%9CBased%E2%80%9D_Mean%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;What Does \u201cBased\u201d Mean?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage size-full wp-image-857216\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.howtogeek.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/shutterstock_1669371670.jpg?width=1198&amp;trim=1,1&amp;bg-color=000&amp;pad=1,1\" alt=\"A row of human figurines with one colored red to stand out among the others.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/row-human-figures-single-individual-standing-1669371670\">Clare Louise Jackson\/Shutterstock.com<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Based is a term of admiration commonly used to describe a person who is enlightened, confident, and isn&#8217;t afraid to voice their opinion, particularly an unpopular one.<\/p>\n<p>Some Internet slang words and phrases remain the same for many years, while others change and evolve as they are picked up by different groups. Based and its meaning definitely fall into the second category.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Enlightened_and_Freethinking\"><\/span>Enlightened and Freethinking<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In Internet slang, a \u201cbased\u201d person or opinion is one that is confident, free-thinking, and not influenced by the opinion of others. It is most commonly used in a positive sense, for example, \u201cI love that guy, he\u2019s so based!\u201d It can be used ironically and unironically and have different connotations depending on who uses it.<\/p>\n<p>Based, as a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> slang word, originated from the 1980s recreational drug culture. It was used to describe someone who used crack cocaine and is derived from freebasing, a specific method of taking the drug. Someone who was \u201cBased\u201d or a \u201cBasehead\u201d was a person addicted to crack.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, based came to be used to describe someone who acted strangely or eccentrically, even if not under the influence of drugs. This definition stuck around until the early 2000s.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lil_B_and_What_It_Means_to_Be_Based\"><\/span>Lil B and What It Means to Be Based<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>From around 2007, largely due to the influence of West Coast r<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er Lil B, the definition of \u201cbased\u201d evolved yet again. While regularly being described as quirky and unique, Lil B contributed to an album called <em>Based Boys<\/em>. When asked what based meant in the title, he is quoted as saying:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBased means being yourself. Not being scared of what people think about you. Not being afraid to do what you wanna do. Being positive.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He then started calling himself the \u201cBased God\u201d online, which led to its own initialism, TYBG or \u201cThank You Based God,\u201d being used among his fanbase. Lil B\u2019s use of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> to promote himself and his music no doubt helped to propagate the more positive definition of Based on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>The term has more recently been used in discussions of politics to describe someone who publicly supports their political leanings. Figures in that space are routinely labeled \u201cBased\u201d by their supporters online.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Based_on_What\"><\/span>Based on What?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Based has spawned several memes. These not only use its now commonly accepted definition and Lil B\u2019s \u201cThank You Based God,\u201d but also take a swipe at slang misinterpretation.<\/p>\n<p>The best known of these is \u201cBased? Based on What?\u201d which reflects the almost fluid definition of the term. This meme often depicts someone looking confused, such as Joe Pesci, with the words overlaid on the image. This meme within a meme is just the latest of the strange turns the evolution of based has taken in the last 30+ years.<\/p>\n<h2 role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_to_Use_Based\"><\/span>How to Use Based<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Based is commonly written as part of a standard sentence. It can also be included as a hashtag to label a comment. It can even be used on its own, as a response to an enlightened comment you agree with.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples of how based can be written:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThis guy is speaking the truth #Based\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cYeah, I know what you mean, she\u2019s based\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cGrilled cheese is the best food ever! #based\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n setTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s) } (window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n   fbq('init', '335401813750447');\n   fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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