"My Bad"

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What? That's not recognisable grammar! Shut up.

Aaaargh.

My bad just sounds like toddler speak to me.

That reminds me of another one "What's good?" - as in "how are you".

Nothing is good, fuck off.

While we're on the subject what does 'no likey no lighty' mean? I'm probly being really thick but i can't work it out.

motheroftwoboys, DS1, 2 and 3 say 'sik' to everything (have been told that this is how you spell it). They are 9, 5 & 3 .

I heard 'my bad' in the Simpsons last night...and one of the gang dogs uses it in Marmaduke-the Movie.....

lemonmuffin - it's from teh dating show 'take me out' on itv. If you don't like the bloke you switch your light off.

maylee you must be 'peng' though, if he asked you on a date

I still don't get the 'allow' thing

YANBU this is immensely irritating

YANBU. My immediate reaction to "My bad" is "I feel the need to slap you", :o

It's bad enough hearing it from teenagers (my own gets ignored until she speaks properly) but I recently heard it from a 35 year old woman. {shock}

I wanted to slap her too! :o

twirly I don't know if I am 'cause I have no idea what it means!

Ahh "allow" is an old S London favourite of mine. Might be used in the following contexts:

Approaching a traffic jam: "oh, allow it" (instead of, for fucks sake)

Someone says something so funny you can't breathe for laughing: "allow it" (instead of, you crack me up!)

Someone's running late to meet yoy: "ok, I'll allow you" (instead of, I'll let you off this time).

And I LOVE "no likey no lightey"

Cheers ws.

I hate My Bad. A colleague used it to accept responsibility for a very expensive balls up the other day.

Fortunately for him, we were communicating via email, else I may have been forced to punch him twice - once for fuck up / t'other for knobishness.

I've never heard "my bad" (thankfully as it sounds intensely irritating).

I quite like "Fail" but that's because I'm a bit of a fan of FailBlog

Maylee, I'm a South Londoner born and bred. In "my" South-London-speak allow means to permit, just as it should do. It doesn't mean "Oh for fuck's sake!".

There's only one expression which will do for "Oh for fuck's sake!".

It's....

OH FOR FUCK'S SAKE!

It's definately used round my parts to replace FFS!

Ugh. 'My Bad' is ancient as another poster pointed out. It was used a lot in Buffy the Vampire Slayer. And was probably old then!!

I disagree about its origins. It has been an established expression in the Armed Forces for ages.

It is now crossing over (as "minging" did in the 90s).

ifancy - that's the worst part of it. It's such a causal, throwaway phrase like it should be used in "oh I forgot to put milk in your tea, my bad" NOT when something really awful has happened.

I LOVE this phrase. It is one of the only ones I brought back from America with me. It works so well in some contexts. It doesn't mean the same as "sorry" but more like when you make a mistake but it isn't a small one and it isn't really your fault.

And now that I know that it annoys MNetters I shall use it even more!

And I will teach it to my DD so she can teach it to your DC at school!

God i hate "my bad"...always think less of person who utters it.

But not as bas as the phrase "going into this with an open kimono" - yeeuurrghh! - apparently it suggests having nothing to hide but it conjures images of naked middle-aged sex tourist for me. specific, but so vivid....

I mean "is a small one" not "isn't a small one". My bad.

I think of "My bad" as the equivalent of "Oops" - so if someone says it for a colossal and expensive cock-up then I'd probably want to punch them for it just the same as I would if they said "Oops" in that context. They should be saying "OhGodOhGodOhGod I'm so sorry" with a panicky expression, if they don't want twatted

I agree with AMiS - "my bad" equivalent to "oops", fine for small mistake, unacceptable for large mistake

:o at "OhGodOhGodOhGod I'm so sorry"

"going into this with an open kimono"

eh? does anyone actually use that? Sounds like a Japanese flasher to me.

I like it. As another poster pointed out it was used a lot in Buffy - which always recommends something to me.