my bad
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my bad
Where it comes from
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”).
interjection my b · mb · MB
- My fault; mea culpa. Yes, I realise the car isn't supposed to be parked in the heirloom flowerbed. My bad.
- sorry
Similar: mea culpa
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interjection
Similar: mea culpa
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intj my fault
| Español | mala mía, perdón, culpa mía, fallo mío |
|---|---|
| Português | foi mal |
| Français | autant pour moi |
| Deutsch | mein Fehler, meine Schuld |
| Русский | мой кося́к moj kosják |
Talk about this word "my bad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/my%20bad. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. my bad. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/my%20bad "my bad." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/my%20bad.Cite this
@misc{my_bad_2026,
title = {my bad},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/my%20bad},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
