How the retards at 4chan say "best".
There's no more to it than that, the other definitions you see are how the term got bastardized over the years. The reason you see "based" in online conversations all of the time now is because many started using it immediately after the Fappening.
There's no more to it than that, the other definitions you see are how the term got bastardized over the years. The reason you see "based" in online conversations all of the time now is because many started using it immediately after the Fappening.
by PathToExile January 1, 2021

Putting caramelldansen and Rick Astley as background music in Kiev's main plaza while being threatened of war
Yaroslav: I just put rickroll music in the plaza, I hope we won't get bombed. Leonid: That's pretty based!
by Rebibibbia69 February 15, 2022

by defnada21 December 23, 2023

Pseudo-based When A secretly cringe person tries to say based things to appear based for internet clout, when really they are cringe.
"Aye yo remember how Michel likes to talk mad shit about simps and Onlyfans?:
"yeah"
"Well I just caught him subbing to his ex on her onlyfans!"
"Bruh He is Pseudo-based."
"yeah"
"Well I just caught him subbing to his ex on her onlyfans!"
"Bruh He is Pseudo-based."
by iamgoingtoprisonlol June 6, 2022

A word used to describe something that's only good because it's popular, just like the word "overrated". When someone listens to a very popular song and says they're into the entire style, they're based.
"that music is so based"
by OnlyReal111 April 9, 2025

Floch is the most based Eldian along side Eren “daddy” Yeager. Unlike the cringebags in the alliance.
by mattfym March 22, 2023
