It''s not officially based on any books. However, it''s worth noting that someone else realized there is a series of children''s books called The Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton which features
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People used to call him based because he would act hyper like a basehead (a crack addict) might. Crack is the free-base version of cocaine, which is why addicts are sometimes called
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What does ''based'' mean in modern slang? I''ve looked it up multiple times, and I always get the impression it means good/real/smart, but it could mean accurate, or ''true for them'', but
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Based is very based, and in order to become based, one must be based, but in order to be based one must learn the sacred based texts. The sacred based texts can only be based by the
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Basehead Based was used to refer to people who acted like they were cracked out. The rapper Lil B later popularized the term into the mainstream, "the based god". Based God He took what was at the
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They used words like “based” and “pede” to indicate their membership in their weird meme-based culture on their own little corners of the internet. If other people were confused by their
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The term “based” was actually derived from the term “basehead” which was used during the 1980s crack epidemic. It was used to refer to individuals who were addicted to freebasing cocaine, the base form
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Over time, calling someone based was a way of saying that they were a crack addict, or acting like one, especially in West Coast street slang. In the way slang things go, people acting eccentric or
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Based is a slang term that originally meant to be addicted to crack cocaine (or acting like you were), but was reclaimed by rapper Lil B for being yourself and not caring what others think of
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Lil B popularized it by being the "Based God" (he says he took the name from people who did freebase cocaine because they were called baseheads so he turned it into the word based and
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