The modern use of based, as in how people may refer to themselves online in a political context, originates from African American slang in the 2000s. After it became a meme in 2010, the left started to refer to themselves as Based King or Based Queen online. Today the word is even used by the right, although ironically.
You forgot to put your pronouns. How will anyone know whether to call you based king, based queen, or based monarch?
A word used to show approval of or agreement with a meme, video or other general post that is usually extremely sexist or misogynistic in nature. Particularly common in reddit comment sections.
Person A: *shows a meme*
Person B: *nods in approval* “Based.”
Another example:
Person A: “Dude, look at this based meme I made!”
Person B: “Damn bro, that’s so based.”
When one agrees with a controversial opinion.
Justice - "I hate kittens."
Chris - "Based."
What you are when you say your redpilled unpopular opinion.
Person 1: "Tacos are overrated."
Person 2: "Based."
A word Ryan Farhadi has no clue what it means or how to use it in a sentence therefore meaning he’s quite based.
Guy 1: did you see that new kid?
Guy 2: yeah , I heard he’s pretty based
adj. like/as one who is high on crack. ie: fucked up
Is that homeless dude based or just crazy?