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“Basic Bitch” is a pejorative referring to women with cliché, conformist and uninteresting character traits.
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On July 10th, 2009, Urban Dictionary[2] user Meeks901 submitted an entry for “Basic Bitch,” defining it as a woman with a dull personality. On June 14th, 2011, rapper Kreayshawn released the track “Gucci Gucci,” in which she refers to women who wear expensive handbags as “basic bitches.”
“Gucci Gucci, Louis Louis, Fendi Fendi, Prada
Them basic bitches wear that shit so I don’t even bother”
On July 22nd, 2011, the “I make bad bitches look like basic bitches” Facebook page was launched.
On June 26th, 2012, YouTuber lohanthony uploaded a video in which he is shown swinging his leg around while repeating the phrase “calling all the basic bitches” (shown below). In the first two years, the video received more than 2.2 million views and 4,400 comments.
On April 2nd, 2014, CollegeHumor released a comedy sketch titled “How to Tell if You’re a Basic Bitch,” in which a woman is diagnosed by a doctor as being “basic” (shown below). Within three weeks, the video gathered upwards of 2.8 million views and 2,800 comments.