Basic (slang)

[1] "Basic bitch" originated in hip hop culture and rose in popularity through rap music, songs, blogs, and videos from 2011 to 2014.

These airheads, material girls or gold diggers were stereotypically viewed by their classmates as unintelligent, gossipy[14] bimbettes who were interested solely in spreading rumors about their rivals and entering relationships with the wealthy jocks.

[16] At the time, many wealthy white jocks and younger preppies had begun imitating urban fashion trends, eschewing the semi-formal conservative look of the 1980s and 1990s in favor of gold bling, expensive designer clothes, sneakers, dark jeans, and sweatpants.

[25][26][27] Miniskirts, Nike brand sneakers,[28] pastel colors like pale blue or baby pink, expensive Aeropostale, Hollister Co[29] or Abercrombie and Fitch clothes,[30] designer clothes or accessories purchased by one's parents,[19] grey marl sweatpants, crop tops, white Converse sneakers,[31] leggings,[32] and Ugg boots remained common among American airheads, Aussie haul girls[7] and Essex girls during the 2010s.

Popular girls in Britain, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and Canada are often accused of meanness,[33] gossip, snobbery, narrowmindedness, homophobia, intolerance,[34] flaunting their apparent wealth, backstabbing, shallowness, body shaming,[35] slut shaming, contempt for the poor,[36] and openly bullying other girls to maintain their own privileged position.

[39] Decrying the basic bitch's love of bland, boring products like Ugg boots and Starbucks pumpkin spice lattes is a rhetorical technique that allows the singer to appear cooler by comparison.

[41] Widespread usage of the term to mock the behavior and interests of girlfriends or wives "conforms to the most bland and uncreative stereotypes of late capitalist femininity" and suggests a misogynistic attitude toward all women, according to Michael Reid Roberts in an article in The American Reader.