To absolutely hate the expression 'my bad'

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Keep hearing it more and more. Where did it come from and is it not really 'my mistake'!?
I hate it , feel angry even just writing this. It's horrible.
AIBU ?

"Step up to the plate" is no worse than "play a straight bat", "sail close to the wind" or "Referee!". It just so happens that the sport referred to is an American rather than a British traditional pastime.

"My bad" is bollocks because 'bad' isn't a noun. Same problem as "I heart this website" or "Give me a lend of your book". Some such constructions get past though, "It's a good buy / a good read".

I've never heard 'play a straight bat' and 'referee' used as phrases outside of a sporting context.

I don't like it either.

I also dislike saying "to gift something" instead of "to give".

And "I'm excited for" instead of "excited about" unless you mean that you are excited on a person's behalf as in "I'm excited for Sarah that she's won a prize".

And the old chestnut of saying "myself" when you mean "me" or "I". But I am definitely losing (have lost) the battle there as well-educated people use it. And apparently even George V used it. So no hope there.

Superbly well done EBear these people need to know. I even heard a news reporter on the BBC say "they literally couldn't have cared less". That makes literally no sense.

George V only used it because no one felt they could correct him, muminhants

'I'm sorry for your loss' - EH? Sorry FOR it? When did we start that? Sorry about it, maybe. Sorry for you for having sustained the loss, maybe. But not sorry FOR the loss. The loss is dead and cares not.

'Find it in store'. NOOOOOO! Find it in the shop!

I think that "I'm sorry for your loss" derives from the Irish expression "I'm sorry for your trouble."

It's a bit 1998, really. Haven't heard anyone say it in years though.

I've noticed a lot of (British) big brother contestants saying they are pissed, rather than pissed off. They were probably pissed too.

OnlyLovers 'Carry on' as in continue, manage or keep going is naval in origin as it meant to hoist all sails in excessive weather conditions. But your post made me realise how many contexts there are in which the phrase can be used apart from that one!

Oh, and "my bad" has a sports origin, too. It comes from basketball and supposedly was first used sometime in the 80s by a few players who would say it when they made a bad pass. So it was short for "my bad pass."

Thanks DoJo! How interesting that such an innocuous-sounding phrase has more complex origins.

Dreadful phrase. Mea Culpa, however I like!
Also hate the phrase "shop the sale"

And the estate agents' favourite "walk of town" (ie within walking distance of the town centre)

I've never heard "shop the sale" - what does it mean?

Talking of things which I don't know what it means, someone at work wrote that, 'we'll focus on "ring the bell activities" this year.'

Still haven't deciphered what bell we'll be ringing, and therefore which activities they are referring to.

I like it. Saying it makes me feel like I'm channeling Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Swear down was in common use when I grew up in the NE. Used in such dramatic teenage parlance as "I swear down, if Claire talks about her boyfriend Chris one more time I'm gonna scream".

And I've asked this before but nobody replied wtf is 'bae'?

I guess it's a term of affection having seen photos of my teenage cousin and various friends "me an ma bae". But what is it? Where has it come from?

"bae"

www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/dictionary/bae-watch-the-ascent-of-a-new-pet-name/

Not only do I loathe 'My bad," but I despise the use of 'K' as short for 'OK.' How bloody lazy has someone got to be not to text or pronounce the letter 'O'?

I can't help but look down on people who use these phrases. I really don't want to but something inside my head is telling me they are stupid.

Btw I love local accents, dialects and interesting slang but these two are a step too far!

We've always used "Swear Down" in Liverpool.

It refers to swearing on the Bible in court, so you are promising that you are speaking the full truth etc.

Thanks scone

k for ok ?
I once received a text form DS saying 'ite'. Short for 'all right ' oh really.

Oh I thank you for starting this so I can let this out....

Haters gonna hate is my most hated phase. Dickhead teenagers using it are bad enough but an adult male on my facebook said this "YOLO, haters gonna hate, watchya gonna do". Oh I nearly ate my own phone with rage.

Hate YOLO, bae, awesome
Bae mean before anyone else for some stupid fucking reason

i don't mind "my bad" but I loathe "Can I get a...." When asking for complex coffee orders in Starbucks/Costa.

Everyone, who says it, on some pathetic and annoying level is channeling Jennifer Aniston on Friends and they think they sound cool. You don't! This is not Central Perk! You are British.

The phrase you are looking for is "may I have a...."