what does "based" mean?

[76561199150662289]

i hear all the kids say it on the internet but I have no idea what they mean when they say it

[Alastor's Alibi]

Based on what context?

[real human being]

damn

that's cringe, my dude

[psychotron666]

Ever heard the term "baste the turkey"? Basically it's when you teach a turkey the correlation between the percentages 13 and 52.

[MikeBob2013]

Originally posted by 🌟SuperAwesome🌟:

what does "based" mean?

'Based' means 'founded upon' to those of us who learned the the word more than 40 years ago.

More recently it's become a slang term used primarily on the Internet.

You can read more about it here: https://www.dictionary.com/e/slang/based/

(Googling 'based slang' will likely get you alternative takes on the word's origin/meaning as well.)

[=CrimsoN=]

Based means based

[I've ran out of profile ideas h]

I think it means if you have a good opinion or something.

Now what constitutes a good opinion is another story.

[it's love]

you are not based

[AustrAlien2010]

It means you're not on a mission, and we keep you in our base, hence you're based. If you're called in for a mission, you're no longer based, until we return you to our base, and then you're based again.

[Pixelpusher]

The fact you don’t know what based means clearly tells my you are not in the know and is cringe

[TUN4]

Pakistan is very based

[Pixelpusher]

Originally posted by 1dris:

Pakistan is very based

Dangerously based

[Defenestration]

I can give you an example on how to use the word "based".

Person 1: Hello, I hate [Insert a group of people based on race, sex, sexual orientation, or religion]

Person 2: BASED

[Dracoco OwO]

You really shouldn't be a based basement dweller if you don't understand it.

[it's love]

Originally posted by lol:

I can give you an example on how to use the word "based".

Person 1: Hello, I hate [Insert a group of people based on race, sex, sexual orientation, or religion]

Person 2: BASED

no that would be a cringe moment

[AD]

Originally posted by tiny E:

Oh god, people are starting to give serious answers.

I'm outta here.

Does this mean no one actually knows what it means, if you aren't supposed to actually say what it means?

I kind of forgot what it means, tbh.