my bad

English

Etymology

Pick-up basketball slang popularized (but not first coined) byManute Bol,abasketballplayer ofSudaneseorigin playing with theGolden State Warriors,and subsequently adopted by teammates.

Pronunciation

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Interjection

mybad

1. (colloquial,idiomatic)My fault;mea culpa.

   Yes, I realise the car isn't supposed to be parked in the heirloom flowerbed.My bad.

   • 1995,Amy Heckerling,Clueless:

     DMV Tester:Watch out for the bike rid…!
     Cher:[swerving car to avoid cyclist]Oops!My bad!

   • For more quotations using this term, seeCitations:my bad.

Synonyms

• mea culpa

Translations

my fault

• Danish:min fejl
• Finnish:minunvikani,minunmoka(colloquial)
• French:autant pour moi(fr)
• German:mein Fehler
• Hungarian:azénhibám,azénsaram,éntehetekróla,énvagyokahunyó,tévedtem
• Latin:mea culpa
• Polish:mójbłądm,mojawinaf,mea culpa(pl)
• Portuguese:foi mal
• Russian:мойкося́к(moj kosják)(slang)
• Spanish:mala mía,perdón(es)
• Turkish:benim hatam

Further reading

• “my bad”,inOneLook Dictionary Search.
• Businessballs.com cliches and expressions origins