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		hot_gril on March 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: OpenAI is now everything it promised not to be: cl... It meant the same thing in "Based God." I know 4chan didn't invent the phrase.

honkler on March 2, 2023 [–]

Based in that means "being intoxicated with cocaine".

hot_gril on March 2, 2023 | [–]

Lil B said it's both: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Based%20God But only because he changed the meaning. Didn't realize there was an older one too.

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