my bad en · INTJ
Pronunciation
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Etymology
Pick-up basketball slang popularized (but not first coined) by Manute Bol, a basketball player of Sudanese origin playing with the Golden State Warriors, and subsequently adopted by teammates. Compare semantics with Russian оплошность (oplošnostʹ, “mistake, bad”), from о- (o-) + плох (plox, “bad”).
Meanings
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(colloquial, idiomatic) My fault; mea culpa.
Yes, I realise the car isn't supposed to be parked in the heirloom flowerbed. My bad.
DMV Tester: Watch out for the bike rid…! Cher: [swerving car to avoid cyclist] Oops! My bad!
1995, Amy Heckerling, Clueless:
- (colloquial, idiomatic) sorry
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| my b | alternative, clipping | lexicographic | |
| mb | alternative, initialism | lexicographic | |
| MB | alternative, initialism | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (25)
fi minun moka (my fault) · es culpa mía (my fault) · az mənim səhvimdir (my fault) · de mein Fehler (my fault) · fi minun vikani (my fault) · la mea culpa (my fault) · da min fejl (my fault) · es mala mía (my fault) · az çaşdım (my fault) · gl culpa miña (my fault) · pl moja wina (my fault) · tr benim hatam (my fault) · hu az én saram (my fault) · es fallo mío (my fault) · de meine Schuld (my fault) · hu az én hibám (my fault) · pl mój błąd (my fault) · pt foi mal (my fault) · pl mea culpa (my fault) · ru мой кося́к (my fault) · fr autant pour moi (my fault) · hu én vagyok a hunyó (my fault) · hu én tehetek róla (my fault) · hu tévedtem (my fault) · es perdón (my fault)