The shorthand version for expressions like "because of" or "because I am".

Made popular thanks to sites like Twitter, where brevity matters; now often used jokingly or ironically, even in regular conversation.

We're going drinking after class because Friday.

Tommy forgot to charge his iPad before the meeting because stupid.

I don't do drugs anymore because flying monkeys.

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Because it's there

Placed as an interjection at the beginning of a sentence. Generally used to add emphasis, similarly to "like" or "literally".

It is most commonly used by female or queer teens.

A: *opinion B agrees with*
B: no because you are 100% right

A: last night i had chicken salad
B: no because same

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Because it's there

Famous quote spoken by mountaineer George Mallory in response to the question: "Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest?" It symbolizes the basic human desire to strive for the unachieved, whatever the legitimate purpose is. Mallory would go on to die on Everest, forever to be remembered as a man unafraid of death, frostbite, or the Yeti.

C: why would you want to watch the Indiana Jones Trilogy nonstop in Farsi without subtitles?
V: Because it's there

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