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all your base are belong to us
What does all your base are belong to us mean?
A triumphant, ironic way to announce that you've taken over something, a server, a group chat, a Discord, a market. The mangled grammar is the point; saying it 'correctly' kills the joke.
"We swept every category at the awards. All your base are belong to us."
Origin
From the badly translated 1992 European Mega Drive port of Toaplan's shoot-'em-up Zero Wing, in which the villain CATS announces 'All your base are belong to us.' A 2000 Flash video set the line to a techno remix and it became one of the foundational memes of the early web.
Frequently asked questions
What does "all your base are belong to us" mean?
It's an iconic broken-English meme line, quoted for its comically bad grammar.
How do you use "all your base are belong to us" in a sentence?
After sweeping the match, he typed "all your base are belong to us" in chat.
Where does "all your base are belong to us" come from?
It's a mistranslated line from the 1991 Mega Drive game Zero Wing, which became one of the earliest internet memes.
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