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Beau Peep Notice Board => Outpourings => Topic started by: Roger Kettle on January 13, 2010, 06:20:45 PM

Title: Extremely annoying American expression.
Post by: Roger Kettle on January 13, 2010, 06:20:45 PM: Where and when did "My bad!" start? Is it someone's catchphrase? Is it a contraction of "am I bad?"?
It is very irritating.
Title: Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
Post by: Fyodor on January 13, 2010, 06:50:49 PM: YOU'RE very irritating!
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Post by: Roger Kettle on January 13, 2010, 07:36:27 PM: YOU are. (Hah! Let's see you come back from that!)
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Post by: Tom on January 13, 2010, 08:07:04 PM: I always thought 'my bad' meant 'oops'.

Could be wrong though... :-\
Title: Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
Post by: The Peepmaster on January 13, 2010, 08:30:56 PM: It was when Ian Botham had a cold.
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Post by: Jack on January 13, 2010, 09:20:01 PM: It's short for "It is my bad" which is in turn short for "It is my bad use of the English language that is leading me to use this phrase, instead of the more traditional 'Whoopsie Daisy!'"

Or really, it's an annoying substitution of the word "mistake" with the word "bad", despite "bad" really being an adjective, and not a noun.
Title: Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
Post by: Roger Kettle on January 13, 2010, 10:18:12 PM: Thanks, Jack. I have no idea if you're right or not but it's a really annoying expression. My bad, indeed. Aaargh!
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Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 13, 2010, 11:03:35 PM: Tom's right.
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Post by: Diane CBPFC on January 13, 2010, 11:05:13 PM: Jack could be right too but he lost me at Whoopsie Daisy!
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Post by: Malc on January 14, 2010, 05:46:39 AM: It's actually a contraction of "my bad choice" and it can apply to words or deeds. It started about five years ago, and has been increasing yearly to the extent it's now universal, even making inroads to Australia.

It's part of the living language of course, and belongs in the same category as:

"24-7",

"OH. MY. GOD.",

"are you serious?"

"loo-oo...ZERRRR"
Title: Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
Post by: Fyodor on January 15, 2010, 10:04:53 AM: Quote from: Roger Kettle on January 13, 2010, 07:36:27 PM
YOU are. (Hah! Let's see you come back from that!)
That's what you say!
Title: Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
Post by: Roger Kettle on January 15, 2010, 01:32:06 PM: Took you a while, though.
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Post by: Fyodor on January 16, 2010, 10:48:52 AM: That's what you say!
Title: Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
Post by: peter on January 22, 2010, 05:42:37 PM: Absolutely

is another pain in the rear

what's wrong with ' yes '.