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"ref": "2019, Kira Stalker, \"The Fracturing of the Alt Right: Conflicting Online Discourses Of White Nationalist Communities\", thesis submitted to George Mason University, page 139",
"text": "Those who are against Trump are not based at all. On February 16th, The Donald users comment on a “based” post in r/DankMemes which uses a classic Squidward sleeping meme to criticize those who are upset by Chris Pratt going to “church” (one which was purportedly anti-LGBT) but “ok” with sex predators in Hollywood: […]"
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"ref": "2019, anonymous, quoted in Cathrine Thorleifsson, \"From cyberfascism to terrorism: On 4chan/pol/ culture and the transnational production of memetic violence\", Nations and Nationalism, Volume 28, Issue 1, page 293",
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"text": "Then, in the same month, noted feminist Christina Hoff Sommers was branded “white supremacy-adjacent” by feminist Roxane Gay. Her reasoning? That our beloved “Based Mom” once appeared at an event with Milo Yiannopoulos and didn't disavow him enough.",
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"word": "basato"
},
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"code": "pt",
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"sense": "(Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy",
"word": "baseado"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "(Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy",
"word": "based"
},
{
"code": "ro",
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"sense": "(Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy",
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],
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},
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "(Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy",
"word": "basado"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "(Internet slang) admirable, praiseworthy",
"word": "bazlı"
}
],
"word": "based"
}
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"English 1-syllable words",
"English 4chan slang",
"English Reddit slang",
"English adjectives",
"English coinages",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
"English interjections",
"English lemmas",
"English terms coined by Lil B",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with homophones",
"Rhymes:English/eɪst",
"Rhymes:English/eɪst/1 syllable"
],
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"2": "freebase"
},
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},
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{
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"2": "Q5951242"
},
"expansion": "Coined by American rapper from California (born 1989) Lil B",
"name": "coinage"
}
],
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"English internet slang",
"English terms with usage examples"
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{
"text": "—There is no ethical consumption under capitalism. —Based.",
"type": "example"
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"Indicating emphatic approval of a statement or opinion, often a controversial or unpopular one."
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"(Internet slang, sometimes humorous) Indicating emphatic approval of a statement or opinion, often a controversial or unpopular one."
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"ipa": "/beɪst/"
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"rhymes": "-eɪst"
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"homophone": "baste"
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"audio": "en-us-based.ogg",
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"US"
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