Help an old-timer out..."basic"?

[Vikingstone]

I've been seeing, with some consternation, references to - basic bitches, basic girls, basic bro's, basic dudes, basic dudebro's, et al. What exactly is the situational etymology of the term "basic" in these contexts?

Hmmm?

 

[Aquagal]

I've been seeing, with some consternation, references to - basic bitches, basic girls, basic bro's, basic dudes, basic dudebro's, et al. What exactly is the situational etymology of the term "basic" in these contexts?

Hmmm?

I've no idea, maybe it's a young person thing.

 

[ms_ann_thrope]

PH greater than 7.

 

[pete]

I've been seeing, with some consternation, references to - basic bitches, basic girls, basic bro's, basic dudes, basic dudebro's, et al. What exactly is the situational etymology of the term "basic" in these contexts?

Hmmm?

i'm guessing its synonymous for "simple" ? (in a pejorative sense)

 

[Vikingstone]

PH greater than 7.

Nope. But thanks for playing.

 

[Vikingstone]

i'm guessing its synonymous for "simple" ? (in a pejorative sense)

Ah...possible. A little dim?

 

[Stewart_Pidd]

I've been seeing, with some consternation, references to - basic bitches, basic girls, basic bro's, basic dudes, basic dudebro's, et al. What exactly is the situational etymology of the term "basic" in these contexts?

Hmmm?

it means they are no-frills bro!

Stew

 

[yossi]

 

[Que]

Gnarly, Bitchin' or any other word appropriated and over-used is always about a generation trying to differentiate themselves front he last. No amount of explanation will permit someone from the retiring generation to use it. Even if you uses it word-for-word in the same incarnation, intonation and in the same contextual application they will inevitably insist that you haven't got the usage, "right."

10-12 years ago my oldest inexplicably made the transition from only playing the Tony Hawk video game to obtaining a deck from one friend a set of trucks and wheels from another and he went at it. I welded him up a very nice portable rail, he made a box and practiced fearlessly. In what seemed like a couple of weeks but must've been a bit longer he was beyond proficient. His he and his friends were better than anyone I knew in my youth.

He came home one day complaining that there were kids carrying boards at school as fashion accessories that didn't skate, ever.

"You know what we call guys like that?"

"Posers" I responded.

"How did you know?!??" He genuinely thought that that word had just been coined.

 

[pfflyerhot]

Dude.

No... I mean...
Word.

 

[Vikingstone]

I always forget about the Urban Dictionary.

 

[pfflyerhot]

I always forget about the Urban Dictionary.

Bookmark that shit, you know?

 

[Vikingstone]

Gnarly, Bitchin' or any other word appropriated and over-used is always about a generation trying to differentiate themselves front he last. No amount of explanation will permit someone from the retiring generation to use it. Even if you uses it word-for-word in the same incarnation, intonation and in the same contextual application they will inevitably insist that you haven't got the usage, "right."

10-12 years ago my oldest inexplicably made the transition from only playing the Tony Hawk video game to obtaining a deck from one friend a set of trucks and wheels from another and he went at it. I welded him up a very nice portable rail, he made a box and practiced fearlessly. In what seemed like a couple of weeks but must've been a bit longer he was beyond proficient. His he and his friends were better than anyone I knew in my youth.

He came home one day complaining that there were kids carrying boards at school as fashion accessories that didn't skate, ever.

"You know what we call guys like that?"

"Posers" I responded.

"How did you know?!??" He genuinely thought that that word had just been coined.

Right. This too.

 

[Vikingstone]

Bookmark that shit, you know?

Thinkin' like the pro's do.