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    What does ‘Based’ mean on TikTok? And how to use the slang!

    Devanshi MehtaBy Devanshi MehtaSeptember 28, 2022Updated:September 28, 20222 Comments3 Mins Read
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    The meaning of the slang ‘based’ has changed for TikTok. Scroll below to find out what it actually means now.

    What does based mean? from explainlikeimfive

    What does ‘Based’ mean on TikTok?

    Dictionary.com explains that, at first, being based meant being addicted to cocaine. But recently, the meaning of the slang was changed by the rapped Lil B and now it means “being yourself and not caring what others think of you—to carry yourself with swagger.”

    The slang dictionary further explains that ‘Based’ has been appropriated by the alt-right online as a general term of praise, as if “un-woke.”

    me explaining to my therapist the meaning of pog, based, and cringe bc that's the only ways i have of categorizing my feelings pic.twitter.com/PMMS61kaL5

    — meow 🦻🏻 (@icy_orangejuice) December 3, 2020

    Urban Dictionary has a few meanings but they all say the same thing. Here is a detailed explanation of the slang –

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    A word used when you agree with something; or when you want to recognize someone for being themselves, i.e. courageous and unique or not caring what others think. Especially common in online political slang.

    The opposite of cringe, some times the opposite of biased.

    https://twitter.com/chchampain/status/1575088040485466112

    The latter usage is the original use as coined by rapper Lil B, and the word originally took off on the meta-ironic website 4Chan with the latter meaning. For that reason the word is largely used meta-ironically (without context you can’t tell if it’s being used ironically or sincerely as it’s used in both ways) and was popularized in online political slang of conservatives and the political right before being adopted into mainstream online political slang (likely through shitposting websites or subreddits such as r/politicalcompass memes that are similar to 4chan in their meta-irony and “edginess” but contain a wider variety of political beliefs) and eventually adopted into general online vernacular.

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    When used in online political language it can mean “based in fact” or the opposite of biased due to the number of people who saw it being first used seriously by the online political right and came to the conclusion that is was related to the phrase “destroyed with facts and logic” in reference to right wing personality Ben Shapiro.

    i like how based went from an insult to meaning cool to being cringe back to being cool again

    — Jean-Luc Gethard (@AUTISTSOCIALITE) November 29, 2019

    Example 1: meta-ironic
    Shitposter: Posts gif of funny monkey Return to monke
    Commentor: Based
    Example 2: meta-ironic
    4chan Anon 1: I’m going to commit hate crimes
    4chan Anon 2: Based
    Example 3: Politics
    Leftist 1: There is no ethical consumption under capitalism.
    Leftist 2: Based.

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    In short, this is what ‘based’ means –

    The opposite of cringe

    How TikTokers are using it

    theres a lot of words i learned in this space that i dont even know the meaning of, but i like using them. based, bricked up, and supes are examples

    — prettycoolmfer (@prettycoolmfer) September 24, 2022

    If you are still confused, you can go through the hashtag #based where you will find millions of videos on TikTok.

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