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all your base are belong to us

all your base are belong to us phrase: used to tout victory over an opponent, or simply as a humorous catchphrase.

all your base are belong to us: used to tout victory over an opponent, or simply as a humorous catchphrase
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Phrase

all your base are belong to us

  1. (Internet, humorous) Used to tout victory over an opponent, or simply as a humorous catchphrase.
    Synonyms:
    AYBABTU

Synonyms of all your base are belong to us

Origin of all your base are belong to us

Mistranslation of Japanese 君達の基地は、全てCATSがいただいた (literally “we (CATS) have taken all of your bases”). This grammatically incorrect "Engrish" phrase originated in the English subtitles of the 1991 European Sega Mega Drive version of the 1989 Japanese arcade game Zero Wing and became a catchphrase and meme on the Internet in the early 2000s.

Words formed from all your base are belong to us

Questions about all your base are belong to us

What does all your base are belong to us mean?
All your base are belong to us means used to tout victory over an opponent, or simply as a humorous catchphrase.
What part of speech is all your base are belong to us?
All your base are belong to us is a phrase.

Words near all your base are belong to us in the dictionary

  1. all whithers
  2. all wool and a yard wide
  3. all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy
  4. all y'all
  5. all y'all's
  6. all your base are belong to us
  7. all'antica
  8. all's
  9. all's fair in love and war
  10. all's fish that comes to the net
  11. all's one

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