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based

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.

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.

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.
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.
by leftistmonke November 25, 2020
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Base 51

any odd sex ritual involving different elements which make it seem extraterrestrial/supernatural.
"Elsie and Matt got to base 51 last night."
"whips and chains?"
"No, neck biting and knee screwing."
"whoa, man.Nasty."
by shadofknight December 12, 2007
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Le Baguette

by PussySlayerXXX6969 May 19, 2016
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6th base

you horny little bastards there is no 6th base
"hey dude i got to 6th base last night"
"shut the fuck up there is no 6th base you dill hole"
by bigfoot January 16, 2004
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sixth base

The fuck is wrong with you? There is no sixth base, dumbass.
"I got to sixth base with her!"
"Sixth base? The hell?"
by Ninth Base August 9, 2003
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white base55

White Base55 (10:46:42 PM): I know this Jamaican girl in my Drama class, she's fat, but in an attractive way, she's not obnoxious loud, and she is NOT ignorant.
Also see "oxymoron", "angst", "lifeless", and "will never amount to anything"
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1999th base

You must be in the year of 1999 and find the portal on earth that leads to the Pokemon World. The portal is what the members of Pokeclipse were looking for. The portal is said to be located somewhere in Japan and was the strongest in 1999 when Pokemon was at it's peak. You must go in the portal and you have exactly 3 pokemon world years to have sex with 1,999 girls in the pokemon world. When you do this you will have achieved 1999th base.

Contrary to popular belief with 1999th base, you're only required to have sex with the human females of the pokemon world and not any of the males or the pokemon themselves, as that would be homosexual or just wrong. You will also be thrown out and banned from the pokemon world forever if you try to have sex with the males or the pokemon.

After you achieve 1999th base you will automatically be sent back in time 3 pokemon world years to the moment when you first entered the pokemon world through the portal and your memory of having sex with the girls will be erased, at that time you will be given the ability to enter the pokemon world whenever you want to and leave whenever you want to, thus having the most awesome life ever.

However, if by the end of those 3 pokemon world years you have not had sex with exactly 1,999 human females in the pokemon world you will be forced to go back into the normal world with all your memories of the pokemon world erased and you will have a miserable and boring life.
(At college)

College kid 1: "hey have you seen Carlos anywhere? he's been absent for months now"
College kid 2: "Carlos reached 1999th base and now he spends all of his time in paradise in the pokemon world"
by pokemonworldequalsparadise November 15, 2009
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