For the past few months I have been hearing this said with an increasing occurence and even recently have seen it posted on this forum.....

"MY BAD"

meaning I am at fault or sorry its my fault.

Does anyone else hear this?

Whats it all about?

Where does it originate from?

As I say its only the last few months that I have heard it?

PS Sorry if this isnt to the 'normal' bedlam standards .........but I just would like to know the origin of this 'my bad'

It's American & not that recent - other than that, I don't know. I'm an old fogey & I've only seen it on tv (the box, not the forum)

It's American & not that recent - other than that, I don't know. I'm an old fogey & I've only seen it on tv (the box, not the forum)

A couple of posters have used it lately.

I have heard it on TV but only very recently.

But it seems to be used often in conversations I hear.

I am British and never heard it before

google really is your friend , especially the ' advanced search ' option

The origin of 'My bad'

google really is your friend , especially the ' advanced search ' option

The origin of 'My bad'

OK got that, so now I know where it originates from. But that was over 15 yrs ago. I have never heard it until very recently.

Is there some 'new' celebrity or star that now says it which in turn leads to others repeating it? Is there another reason?

Or is it just me that hasnt heard it before?

google really is your friend , especially the ' advanced search ' option

The origin of 'My bad'

Your good.

sorry Jack , I suspect it's just you ...........................

sorry Jack , I suspect it's just you ...........................

So is it commonly used in conversations by Americans?

By everybody except you.

By everybody except you. :D

My Bad

By everybody except you. :D

My Bad

Now you got the hang of it.

yeh Ive used it for years Jack n Danny.

first learnt it through the aussies

My bad. I think I use it from time to time.

My bad. I think I use it from time to time.

But your a Brit like me. When did you first here it and where?

yeh Ive used it for years Jack n Danny.

first learnt it through the aussies

Yeh, well they bastardise every language

sorry Jack , I suspect it's just you ...........................

So is it commonly used in conversations by Americans?

I'm an American and I've never used it....and I don't think I've ever heard it being used...except maybe on TV and I'm not even sure about that. I think its probably one of those pimpley face adolescent slang words that every generation of pimpley faced adolescents create for their cohort so they have something to share besides pimple medicine.

Wow!!! Cool!!! Bitchen!!! As if!!!! My bad!!!

Chownah!!!

My bad. I think I use it from time to time.

But your a Brit like me. When did you first here it and where?

I work with Americans and started using it a bit less than a year ago.

Yeh i heard that word alot . MY bad usually in the show where you have alot alot of guy that go hey nigger and what you call the black afircian amercian i still confuse why there call each other nigger and is wrong to call them what there call each other ??

another funny words is

" QUIZ "

i heard is a BAR bet back in the 1600 century

some french guy say he can invent a new words in a week .

so what he did was paste the words all over the town .. after writing it on paper or something or paint it on the wall .

the whole town got confuse and keep asking everyone what words is it and what it mean..

and that how the string words is invented ..

of cos there is my special

whahahahhahahahahahahh ( copy right )

By everybody except you. :D

And me

This is the first I have heard of it.

Good Luck

Moss

So what does 'My Good' mean?

Basically an apology, albeit usually insincere,

yeh Ive used it for years Jack n Danny.

first learnt it through the aussies

Yeh, well they bastardise every language

You're Baaaaaaad.

This is a brilliant thread.

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Not!

(See Borat)

I never use "my bad" because it just sounds dumb, but it is indeed widely used in many American circles, especially in California. It is at this point very dated slang. Not cool or current at all.

Many places have there own slang which often means the opposite of what is said. 'Wicked' meaning something was good, ie 'I was at a wicked party last night!' This is a Liverpool one. In Dublin we used to say things were 'massive' not meaning big, but great or entertaining.

I'm sure we can all think of others. Maybe this could be a separate thread...

George Orwell was a little bit off on the time-scale, but spot-on the money for language corruption.

Un-good.

I've heard it mainly used in sports especially basketball. It's just a cool way of admitting when it's your fault that you've made a mistake. It diffuses the anger and disappointment and ego uncertainty and allows everyone to get back to playing the game as it is unfolding. It also recognizes that, hey, mistakes are gonna happen, one's been made, play on. If no one recognizes any mistakes it makes everyone nervous that the same thing is going to happen next time.

There is a Online words

is call " Noob " usually used in game play - to refer to someone who is new at the game or is just simple lousy .

so if someone call you a noob in a game .. he meant that you suck

There is a Online words

is call " Noob " usually used in game play - to refer to someone who is new at the game or is just simple lousy .

so if someone call you a noob in a game .. he meant that you suck

As opposed to a nob?

what does nob mean?

I think it is the abbreviated form of JacknDanny!

what does nob mean?

I think it is the abbreviated form of JacknDanny!

As in Richard Head