So according to the dictionary provided by Apple products it is obvious the word "Basic" means exactly what most of us would think, or at least what we learned in school. Now a days basic is a term females use to show that a girl does everything that every other girl does, i.e. indulge in the finer things in life. I took the liberty of looking up "#Basic" on Instagram, I found pictures of Starbucks, Sperry's, VS yoga pants, and girls holding their fingers in a peace sign over their face.
If you ask me, basic should mean there is nothing special going on, which in most cases there is nothing special about drinking a drink that you can get on any corner in New York City. I think we should use the word "over privileged." Drinking a Starbucks is NOT a basic thing.... it is the Tiffany's of coffee.
I've come across girls who say "wearing uggs, VS yoga pants, and drinking my tall triple soy no whip white mocha! I'm so #Basic" There is NOTHING basic about that. Those boots cost 180 plus dollars, your pants are almost 50 dollars, and that drink is about six bucks!!! Basic would be wearing five dollar leggings from Forever 21 with 20 dollar Target boots, and drinking an 89cent gas station coffee...
I think the way people use this words is making it seem like they are just the average "WHITE GIRL."
I don't own sperry's, or uggs because I'm not a shoe person... I do own my fair share of VS Yoga pants, but thats because they are comfortable and durable... not because I want to be like every other girl in a basic pair of brown uggs. I know these things are just good quality, and I'm not against them as an item. I do, however, find it interesting that girls think these items are "Basic."
I feel this term could be better used towards females who do basic things. What those "basic things" are I don't know... I do know that Uggs, Starbucks, and fifty dollar pants are NOT basic!
