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Osee Posted 18 years ago
Vocabulary

my bad

In sports like basketball, people often say this. So my bad = my fault? Do people use it in everyday life?
  

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The expression 'my bad' is a pretty new one, and you are right that it means 'my fault'. However, it is not just used in sports.

— Yankee

  • The expression 'my bad' is a pretty new one, and you are right that it means 'my fault'.
  • However, it is not just used in sports.
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The expression 'my bad' is a pretty new one, and you are right that it means 'my fault'. However, it is not just used in sports.
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Unfortunately, you can hear it just about everywhere.
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We've had other threads on this. In a world that has increasingly embrased the "non-apology" (sorry that you were offended) I think it's kind of nice that people are at least accepting that it was their fault. If this expression gives them a painless way to do so, then it's not a bad thing.
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I was living in Germany when this expression came into general use in the US. I was horrified the first time I heard it. It sounded ridiculous to me.
Now that I've been back in the US for a year, I've had a chance to get used to it. So I'm no longer completelyhorrified when I hear it.
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