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$MEME is the mother. Every launch is its child, making it a memecoin.Child coins are priced in $MEME and bought through $MEME. 1% of every child coin trade is paid to that child coin's holders, in $MEME.
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Based on What? / Slang Misinterpretation

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Based on What? / Slang Misinterpretation
Based on What? / Slang Misinterpretation

Based on What? / Slang Misinterpretation

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Memecoin

Name
Based on What? / Slang Misinterp
Image
the meme's own image, fixed
Pair
$MEME, the mother coin. This coin becomes a child of $MEME.
Rewards
1% of every trade of this child coin, paid to its holders in $MEME
Website
kym.fun/memes/based-on-what-slang-misinterpretation

One signature creates the coin on pump.fun (you pay only pump.fun's creation cost, about 0.02 SOL). With a first buy, a second signature buys it right after. The first launch claims this meme for good.

About

Slang Misinterpretation refers to a genre of memes in which various slang expressions such as "based," "let's fucking go" and others are interpreted in their literal rather than slang sense, with various characters demanding further explanation. The trend gained popularity in early February 2020 following a viral Based on What? meme, with the images often being used to react to various slang expressions.

Based on What? / Slang Misinterpretation

Origin

The full history, spread and examples live on the source entry: Based on What? / Slang Misinterpretation on Know Your Meme.

The Child Coin

Whoever launches this meme first creates its one official child coin of $MEME. The child coin takes this exact image, is priced in $MEME, and pays 1% of its every trade to its holders, in $MEME. After that, the meme is closed here forever.