My bad

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

Where does the saying "My bad" come from?

I first heard it spoken by a group of oriental students, and assumed that it was just a simple grammar mistake... But it seems to have taken off, being used by lots of people now - almost as a parody of itself.

Dan

 

[columb]

I've heard this for a while, ten years or so, and assumed it was a parody of baby talk.

Columb Healy
Living with a seeker after the truth is infinitely preferable to living with one who thinks they've found it.

 

[sha76]

I first heard it watching Buffy, the writers have admitted to making up new phrases, could it be one of them?

"Your rock is eroding wrong." -Dogbert

 

[SF0751]

From The Word Detective

"My bad," an exclamation meaning "my fault" or "my mistake," evidently arose in the mid-1980's among players (primarily Black) in informal "pick-up" basketball games. One player would throw a bad pass or flub an easy shot and say "My bad" as a sort of handy shorthand for a more elaborate apology. The term's transition to more general slang use was apparently greatly accelerated by its inclusion in the enormously popular film "Clueless" a few years ago.

Susan
"People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character."
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

 

[SkipVought]

Sounds like ebonics to me

Skip,
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[red]Be advised:[/red]
Alcohol and Calculus do not mix!
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[SkipVought]

Check out "My bad" on

http://www.joel.net/EBONICS/translator.asp

Skip,
[sub]
[red]Be advised:[/red]
Alcohol and Calculus do not mix!
If you drink, don't derive! [/sub]