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When someone says "My Bad" what are they really saying? What is your favorite expression ?
Posted by Cards6 • 5/17/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
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Generally cleaver phrases and expressions carry with them clearly defined meanings.
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When someone says "My Bad" what are they really saying?
Oops...
Favorite expression?
"Looks like you got things Bass Ackwards." -
"Ooops" or "I'm sorry"-- whether the speaker is sincere or not is another matter.-
@cards6
my bad = admitting you made a mistake
However, as IanThal has said whether the speaker is sincere or not is another matter.
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I dislike that slang term. It sounds really grade schoolish to me.-
@globalgirl
Agreed, however, I have grown accustomed to everyone around me using it.
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I say it. It's city slang for oops I'm sorry. It's not proper English but it's like nailbiting when you start you can't stop.
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"My Bad" mistake.
My favorite expression:
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I hate it too, and it seems particularly prevalent online, although that could be because I only know about 3 or 4 native English speakers in the offline world, none of whom would even know what it means far less use it. I've always thought it means "Duh, I screwed up again"-
It means that too.
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"My bad" is an admission of guilt or mistake, usually for relatively minor situations. It tends to clean the slate and clear the air. It's a soft way of saying, "I am sorry."
Using the term signals a social class and attitude. For instance, my mother never would say, "my bad," and I imagine would consider it "low brow" or "low class". My mother also attaches relatively heavy significance to "I am sorry."
At work, I think I have heard it said, and maybe even said myself, "this one is my bad," when we are owning up to mistakes. My perception is there is a level of score keeping that takes place without being discussed. I know I try to keep my record as free of negatives as possible. In that realm, I know that "my bad" is less significant than "I am sorry." That said, I think it's sad that we all have to be so careful about admitting our mistakes, because we would do better work if we were more critical of ourselves. The problem becomes that our criticism is used against us in this world. It's sad. I would like to see us being better friends to one another in this world.-
...reading that was a complete waste of my time
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My Bad= my fault, sorry -
I rather hear it meaning this:
I know I shouldn't have said or done that, but I did or said it anyway. Aren't I cute?
Not one of my favorite sayings. At all. -
They are saying, "Hey, I am a retard and I cannot speak right". I hate that saying as much as I hate OMG. I just want to pepper spray the girls that say it.
www.caseybrownmyers.blogspot.com/ -
It is better than everything being "da bomb", right? -
They are saying - I want Chelle-
..to do the dishes? No way!!
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and the windows
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Argh!
I suppose the lawn needs mowing too? -
You know that is a personal issue and different people have different err likes...
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I've never really been into "trendy" expressions. To me, it signals a lack of imagination when someone spouts off an overly used expression. I usually turn away from said person and silently ponder the most painful way to kill them.
Anyway..... "HAVE A NICE DAY" everyone and "TAKE CARE"
HEHE HEHEHE HEHHHEH HEHEHEHH..... and so on -
When I was in school, "my bad" was actually "my bag". It meant that they were holding the bag, that they got caught and it was their fault. It made a lot more sense, then, but it quickly evolved into the more-prevalent "bad". It isn't an expression of regret or remorse but the acknowledgment of an error or poor behavior on which you have been called.
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