because reasons

English

Alternative forms

• because of reasons

Pronunciation

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Phrase

because reasons

1. (Internet slang) for reasons that are tangential, dubious or unknown
   • 2013 February 18, Steven D'Aprano, “Re: Differences creating tuples and collections.namedtuples”, in comp.lang.python (Usenet):

     Why would I change the syntax like that? Because reasons. Good or bad, what's done is done […]

   • 2013 October 25, Playa, “Re: [GW] Local Celebrity?”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet):

     FW shoe-horned AM into Isstvan in HH2: Massacre, because reasons.

   • 2014 January 13, TC10K, “Re: Best Places to eat in Orlando?”, in rec.roller-coaster (Usenet):

     HotKrust just got the Orlando Sentinel award for "best of Orlando" in some category, I think "lunch spot" or something.
     At any rate, I've not eaten there but I plan to next time I'm in town.
     Because reasons.

   • 2014 January 17, ultra.m...@hotmail.com, “Prime Technology Question”, in alt.toys.transformers (Usenet):

     They couldn't restore his hand since because reasons!!! ...that's why. honest. It's actually that simple. see television doesn't have to explain itself.

Translations

avoid specifying reasons

• Danish: bare fordi
• German: weil Baum, weil ist so