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Someone who is completely unable to take charge and bends to the commands of alpha without questioning
Person A: Jeez YD is such a beta Person B: Yeah, I know right? She's totally wrapped around G's finger.
Beta is climbing jargon that designates information about a climb. In rock climbing this may include information about a climb's difficulty, crux, style, length, quality of rock, ease to protect, required equipment, and specific information about hand or foot holds. For alpine climbs, beta may include information about the length and difficulty of the approach, availability of water on the climb and the approach, ease of exiting the route before completing it, descent information, perhaps even useful logistic information for climbs in foreign countries.
"Hey the crux of that route is intense, you want some beta?"
1. An unfinished version of a program released for users to test before the final version is released. 2. A person who proofreads fiction. 3. A type of fish.
1. I beta'd Photoshop CS3 and gave Adobe feedback when I was done. 2. My lovely beta caught my grammatical errors in my story. 3. Sally used to have a beta fish, but her cat ate it.
The optimal method of doing something. It's the best possible plan/decision for the given situation; a good idea. It's the move.
Smuggling drinks into the movie theater is the beta. "Damn Chris, these hot dogs really are the beta." "Fuck bro, downing half a bottle of vodka the night before an exam was not the beta."
Specific information on how to perform a difficult task. (originated in rock climbing/bouldering)
(Climbing) Chip had some pretty good beta for me, so I think I've got this problem dialed in. (General) Can you give me some beta on how to get to your house?