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"My bad!"

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Bogeyface · 03/06/2013 18:26

Ermm..do you mean "I appear to have made a mistake, please accept my apologies" or "Sorry!"??

AIBU to want to scream at people who say this?!

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Bogeyface · 03/06/2013 22:07

Obviously I was being sarcastic with the "oh I appear..." etc! :o

When kids say it I think it is short hand for "oops, fucked up, sorry!" but when adults say it there is an over tone of "Oh ffs, what?! Fine, sorreeeee!" in a very sarcastic not-really-meaning-it kind of way.

And dont get me started on Americanisms. I dont think a week goes by without me saying that we are English and therefore we do not have trash cans, sodas, cellphones or the like :o

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Bogeyface · 03/06/2013 22:08

Oh oh and another one....no DD we are not "bagging it" for lunch, we have packed lunches!

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Bogeyface · 03/06/2013 22:11

And further musing....

mea culpa is fine because you can use it to out fox the my badders! I can be an arse too, AND in a foreign language :o

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ExitPursuedByABear · 03/06/2013 22:11

Someone from MNHQ used it once. I was Hmm. Hate it.

ExitPursuedByABear · 03/06/2013 22:12

Although I want to say coronated rather than crowned.

humdumaggapang · 03/06/2013 22:13

A horrid americanism made its way here like so many others. My colleague (male, late 20s) has said it a few times and last time I said- sorry I didn't realise you were from the mean streets of LA or something to that effect .

Buddhagirl · 03/06/2013 22:15

Why is it cringe worthy??

ExitPursuedByABear · 03/06/2013 22:16

Because it doesn't mean anything.

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Bogeyface · 03/06/2013 22:18

If sorry was required then an adult would say sorry. The fact that they dont means that either a) they dont feel sorry or b) they are as a thick as a plank!

As I say, different when teens say it as they clearly use it mean sorry.

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Mandy2003 · 03/06/2013 22:20

"All good" has the same effect on me. Anyone have any ideas of where this came from?

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Bogeyface · 03/06/2013 22:21

Is that "Its all good"? When something has been fixed?

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Mandy2003 · 03/06/2013 22:24

Yes that one! Forgot the dreaded Its Grin

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Bogeyface · 03/06/2013 22:25

ah...I use that......Blush

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MistyB · 03/06/2013 22:25

I don't think it means 'sorry' or 'I am at fault' more 'I am acknowledging that fact that you think I have done wrong but I am not expressing remorse.'

WMittens · 03/06/2013 22:26

"last time I said- sorry I didn't realise you were from the mean streets of LA or something to that effect ."

I think I find that more cringe-inducing than "my bad".

Southeastdweller · 03/06/2013 22:26

I'd bloody awful, isn't it. Tolerable when kids or teens say it but anyone else, well they may be trying to sound as if they're on-trend, adorable, or whatever, but actually they sound like idiots.

FairPhyllis · 03/06/2013 22:32

It's a Buffyism, therefore YABU.

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