Standard Phrase USED On Rare Occasion BY younger generation mostly
(n.) • (the basics) • It's a way to pick on your friends for not knowing something that should be common (or basic) knowledge. It conveys a slight (jokingly) disappointment. You would expect that person to know something, and when you talk about it they have no clue what you’re talking about.
"Dai, non ci credo che non lo sapevi! Le basi!"
"C'mon, I can't believe you didn't know! The basics!"
Submitted May 2021 by anonymous