based off = 'as a result of; by reason of; from'

[Jonathan Lighter]

Yeah, Mark, but who cares?  Inglish cannot be stopped.

And this seems to be a somewhat different sense of "based off" than has
been discussed.

JL


On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 3:10 PM, Ben Zimmer <bgzimmer at gmail.com> wrote:

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> This one comes up every couple of years. Check the archives for "based
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> On Wed, Feb 5, 2014 at 2:51 PM, Mark Mandel <thnidu at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Could be from "on the basis of" (which would sound quite proper),
> > misread/heard/remembered.
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 3, 2014 at 5:50 PM, Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com
> >wrote:
> >
> > > More Yahoo! news:
> > >
> > >
> > > "Hawking earned his scientific reputation back in the 1970's based off
> his
> > > theory of black holes as cosmic vacuums."
> > >
> > > Of course, "based on" might have been used instead, and it would have
> > > sounded nearly as ignorant.
> > >
> > > To some of us.
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