to wince every time someone says "my bad"?

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WTF does it mean?

It just elicits the response "My bad what"?

That includes you Dermot on the X Factor last night.

Tufty what is awuaintave?

I can't tell you Monster. it's a new word I've invented but Mr Chambers is still deciding if it can go in the book.

We seem to have a wave of "bless" here in Oz. I've noticed it in some British TV shows and now it's snuck into the vernacular. Not "bless her/him", just "bless". Bloody annoying!

OP - I could not agree more.

cringey, cringeyness of cringeynessland.....

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I'd never looked at no-brainier that way. To me it means it requires no brain-power, as in it's so blindingly obvious that it doesn't need to be thought about.

As for 'gotten', it didn't leave British shores entirely. Some of us have been using it all our speaking lives. I get really irked when people seem to suggest I use it only because it's an Americanism. No I dont, I use it because it has always been used here.

I've never even heard of it or noticed it. That's worse, as I now feel ancient and uncool.

Never heard it either -but then I live in France so it probably hasn't filtered down into the English speaking community yet. I already don't like it so am considering myself warned. I also detest "I'm good".

I strongly agree with whoever said adults speaking like teenagers should be strung up - it drives me wild. It just looks pathetic when the over 40's start speaking like gangsta rappers.

I agree with TheOneWithTheHair I like hearing my DS use phrases like that, we have had many a chat about the "cool" phrases I used when I was younger and what the current "cool" phrases mean. Hate hearing adults saying it though.

Embarrasingly, I remember being 19 and in my first office job. If a customer rang up I would always reply "good morning, Wassup?" They replied "nothing is up, I want to talk about our latest order" always sounding rather confused. I thought I sounded so cool. Likewise when I would say to a customer "How goes it?" They would reply "how goes what?"
God I was a twat.

I'm from America originally and we said "my bad" as teenagers in the '90s. It's no longer what the cool kids say, according to my nieces and nephews. So don't worry, it'll fall out of favour here too in the next twenty years

I like hearing "My bad". It is "cute"(?) enough to be acceptable and softens I'm wrong/I apologise/I'm an incompetent twat to the point that more people are likely to own up to their mistakes rather than just keeping quiet and let me take the flack.

I am guilty of this - I blame Buffy. Thank God it ended before I picked any more up!

I also confess to 'Nuh Uh' for no and 'Uh Huh' for yes.

I've never said 'whatevs' though - so that is a bonus.

Shakespeare used it.

Honestly.

I don't use 'my bad' although my 13 yo DS does. I do however say 'I'm good' in response to 'how are you?', in my defence I don't like the word 'fine' so use 'good' as an alternative . I also use 'no-brainer', it sums up what I mean......

I am 42 and def not cool, especially in the eyes of said 13 year old - he says 'lol' as an actual word, I tried it once and it was the most wrong thing ever apparently !!