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Offline Roger Kettle

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Extremely annoying American expression.
« 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.
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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2010, 06:50:49 PM »
YOU'RE very irritating!
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2010, 07:36:27 PM »
YOU are. (Hah! Let's see you come back from that!)
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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2010, 08:07:04 PM »
I always thought 'my bad' meant 'oops'.

Could be wrong though...  :-\
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Offline The Peepmaster

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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2010, 08:30:56 PM »
It was when Ian Botham had a cold.
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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #5 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.
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #6 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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Offline Diane CBPFC

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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #7 on: January 13, 2010, 11:03:35 PM »
Tom's right.
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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #8 on: January 13, 2010, 11:05:13 PM »
Jack could be right too but he lost me at Whoopsie Daisy!
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Malc

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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #9 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"
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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #10 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!
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Offline Roger Kettle

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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #11 on: January 15, 2010, 01:32:06 PM »
Took you a while, though.
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Fyodor

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« Reply #12 on: January 16, 2010, 10:48:52 AM »
That's what you say!
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peter

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Re: Extremely annoying American expression.
« Reply #13 on: January 22, 2010, 05:42:37 PM »
Absolutely





is another pain in the rear


what's wrong with ' yes  '.
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