because reasons

phrase

for reasons that are tangential, dubious or unknown

Meanings

phrase

alternative because of reasons

  1. Internetfor reasons that are tangential, dubious or unknown

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

    2013 October 25, Playa, “Re: [GW] Local Celebrity?”, in rec.games.miniatures.warhammer (Usenet)
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    Why would I change the syntax like that? Because reasons. Good or bad, what's done is done […]

    2013 February 18, Steven D'Aprano, “Re: Differences creating tuples and collections.namedtuples”, in comp.lang.python (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 13, TC10K, “Re: Best Places to eat in Orlando?”, in rec.roller-coaster (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.

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

Synonyms & antonyms

Translations

Czech protože proto, protože bagr
  • protože protoavoid specifying reasons
  • protože bagravoid specifying reasons
Danish bare fordi
  • bare fordiavoid specifying reasons
German weil Baum, weil ist so
  • weil Baumavoid specifying reasons
  • weil ist soavoid specifying reasons
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APA

because reasons. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/because%20reasons

MLA

“because reasons.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/because%20reasons. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “because reasons,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/because%20reasons.

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