My bad
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"My bad" is an American idiom that was made popular by Manute Bol[1] although it was also used before his arrival in the USA.[2] It usually means "my fault", "my mistake", "I apologize"[3] or "mea culpa". It gained popularity with urban players of streetball and then spread into mainstream popularity.[1] Its use in the 1995 film Clueless greatly increased the phrase's popularity.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Pullum, Geoffrey K. (7 December 2005). "Language Log: Pick-up basketballism reaches Ivy League faculty vocabulary". http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002693.html. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/my-bad.html
- ^ Steinberg, Dan. "D.C. Sports Bog - Manute Bol and "my bad"". The Washington Post. http://voices.washingtonpost.com/dcsportsbog/2010/06/manute_bol_and_my_bad.html. Retrieved 21 June 2010.
- ^ http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/my-bad.html
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