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basic bottom line

expression

Meaning:
The simplest, most important truth in any situation — what it all really comes down to before anything else. It’s the raw core, the emotional or logical essence that stands before the usual bottom line, often hidden beneath layers of explanation, justification, or complexity.

Extra:
The basic bottom line comes before the bottom line — it's what everything else is built on.

Origin:
Popularized by Catalin Andrei Rajka, a Romanian creative and thinker known for concise expressions of complex thoughts.
"The basic bottom line? I started this because I needed to feel something again — all the rest came later."

"Before anything got complicated, the basic bottom line was just this: I missed her."

"Forget the strategy, the basic bottom line is — he couldn’t let go."
by Ondalin July 16, 2025
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Basic Ghost

Basic Ghost is a male that will steal your man and most likely convert him to LGBTQ+
Basic Ghost is waiting for his time.
by Asguard the Bold May 15, 2023
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on a basic

on a basic
that’s on a basic monkey.
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Basic

Basic guys are great. No bullshit. He has a flat now, so that's pretty awesome. Big ol' shag pad. Likes Coke. Not the illegal kind: The fizzy kind.
Hey, there's a guy here to see you! He's tall, Scottish and basic. How cool?!
by Lurbur January 29, 2020
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Basic dick

Oh my God Lana he is such a basic dick.
by Donaven July 3, 2021
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Basic Bitch

Floppi, Floplangas, Florencia, Flor, Flop yea dat u
Floppi is a basic bitch
by hangryperson April 28, 2017
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(tiktok) basic white girl

a tiktok basic white girl can have two diff meanings, meaning 1: a basic white girl who wears nike tech, white air forces, vapes, obsessed with gum, BLONDE SPECIFICALLY, basic white girl ver 2: "tiktok preppy", hates on the following, deftones, any dark clothings (because that is emo to them), anyone who isn't tiktok preppy. but loves, clay bead bracelets, summer, Stanely? cups, which is just a metal cup..?, etc.
(tiktok) basic white girls are so ''preppy''
by alewrites4u January 26, 2024
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